Kerkove Best Quotes & Sayings

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards. — Nelson Mandela

The air became colder still and everything became paler — Roald Dahl

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition. — Luc De Clapiers

Read non-interesting books! — Enock Maregesi

On November 18 of alternate years Mr Earbrass begins writing 'his new novel'. Weeks ago he chose its title at random from a list of them he keeps in a little green note-book. It being tea-time of the 17th, he is alarmed not to have thought of a plot to which The Unstrung Harp might apply. — Edward Gorey

Smart thinking is to know what you think and why you think it. — Toni Sorenson

moonlight disappears down the hills
mountains vanish into fog
and i vanish into poetry. — Sanober Khan

It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall: his body curved in a graceful arc as he sank backwards through the ragged veil hanging from the arch. — J.K. Rowling

In my opinion instruction is very purposeless for such individuals who do no want merely to collect a mass of knowledge, but are mainly interested in exercising (training) their own powers. One doesn't need to grasp such a one by the hand and lead him to the goal, but only from time to time give him suggestions, in order that he may reach it himself in the shortest way. — Carl Friedrich Gauss

The rich pearl of life, Soon moulders in its blackened urn, the tomb. — Isaac McLellan

Old friends become more and more precious to us as the years pass. They can look at us for who we once were and who we are now, appreciating the difficulties we have overcome, the abilities we have acquired, and the ways we have stayed true to ourselves. — Wendy Lustbader

Nick came right up into Becca's space and, without a word, buried his hands in her hair and his tongue in her mouth. It was the kind of kiss that could change a woman's life. — Laura Kaye

The Government cannot just be consumed by Brexit. There is so much more to do. — Theresa May

Then, at night in my own home, I became a weirdo, a shadow watcher, a freak who wondered what was waiting on the basement stairs. — Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney

Every other civilized nation in the world has been compelled to care for its forests, and so must we if waste and destruction are not to go on to the bitter end, leaving America as barren as Palestine or Spain. — John Muir