Khistocks Quotes & Sayings

He should be very proud of Andrew if he got a scholarship, he said. She would be just as proud of him if he didn't, she answered. They disagreed always about this, but it did not matter. She liked him to believe in scholarships, and he liked her to be proud of Andrew whatever he did. — Virginia Woolf

I'll be any man you want. A king or a beggar or a farmer or a killer. But I'll never be the man who can let you walk away. — Kit Rocha

Fifteen minutes later, cold-showered and somewhat clear-headed, I walked into the bar certain of two things. If I was going to stay in my very comfortable closet, I needed to avoid my new boxing trainer. And I needed a fucking drink. — N.R. Walker

And add at once: it is not in my pride that I pray for it, Lord, for I myself am more vile than all — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Her companion, also in black, appeared as a well-formed young woman about 18, completely possessed of that ephemeral precious essence youth, which is itself beauty, irrespective of complexion or contour. — Thomas Hardy

Extended discourse, whether in the form of novels or expository treatises, presents the mind with a category of stimuli that can guide thinking though a long, complex, and coherent line of reasoning. Books structure ideas almost uniquely: The vocabulary and thought forms that are commonplace in book-length texts are rare in daily conversations. Books present a much wider range of vocabulary, concepts, and inferences than can be found in our daily banter with friends and family members. — Michael E. Martinez

Buttercup, miserable even with Prim's constant attention, huddles in the cube and exhales cat breath in my face. — Suzanne Collins

I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything. — Ted Nugent

Living it up to me meant getting drunk ... ; it meant losing myself in anything that could take the past away. I wanted to be numb; I wanted to never feel again. After all that had happened in the last couple years, I just wanted a way to forget it all. — Holly Hood