Kauaskantoinen Quotes & Sayings

Some people think everyone should be the same as them:
Look, dress, sound and act just like them. — Christina Engela

An epigram is a half-truth so stated as to irritate the person who believes the other half. — Shailer Mathews

My great grandma always told me to drink a lot of milk because it's good for the skin. — Barbara Palvin

I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends. — B.B. King

Because if we don't forgive those we love, then what is left? What is love if it's not loving our lovers even when they don't deserve it? — Fredrik Backman

Slavery always has, and always will produce insurrections wherever it exists, because it is a violation of the natural order of things ... — Angelina Grimke

If the aim is to keep "Christ" in the shopping-mall Christmas or to ensure that pagan trees and mistletoe don't lose their Christian labels, then it might make sense to attack presidents and business owners who commit the "happy holiday" sin. But if the goal is to restore the religious meaning of the Christian holy day, then they are aiming at the wrong Target. — Charles Haynes

Here may I live what life I please, Married and buried out of sight, - Married to pleasure and buried to pain, - Hidden away amongst scenes like these, Under the fans of the chestnut trees; Living my child-life over again, With the further hope of a fallen delight, Blithe as the birds and wise as the bees. — Violet Fane

A sixth sense warned her that she was striking a Faustian bargain. Odd, since she wasn't sure what a Faustian bargain was. But it was something not to be taken lightly. She knew that. — A. Lee Martinez

By virtue of exchange, one man's prosperity is beneficial to all others. — Frederic Bastiat

Were it not for this [dissatisfaction], the perfect painting might be painted, on the completion of which the painter could retire. It is this great insufficiency that drives him on. The process of creation becomes necessary to the painter perhaps more than it is in the picture. The process is in fact habit-forming. — Lucian Freud

Oh, for the love of God," Benedict snarled. "Will you let go of her or will I have to shoot your damned hand off?"
Benedict wasn't even holding a gun, but the tone of his voice was such that the man let go instantly.
"Good," Benedict said, holding his arm out toward the maid. She stepped forward, and with trembling fingers placed her hand on his elbow.
"You can't just take her!" Phillip yelled. Benedict gave him a supercilious look. "I just did."
"You'll be sorry you did this," Phillip said.
"I doubt it. Now get out of my sight."
Phillip made a huffy sound, then turned his friends and said, "Let's get out of here." Then he turned to Benedict and added, "Don't think you shall ever receive another invitation to one of my parties."
"My heart is breaking," Benedict drawled. — Julia Quinn

His beauty did not blaze like Will's did in fierce colors and repressed fire, but it had its own muted perfection, the loveliness of snow falling against a silver gray sky. — Cassandra Clare