Khokhlova Ulyana Quotes & Sayings

In the first quarter of the nineteenth century the experimental proof for the interdependence of the composition and properties of chemical compounds resulted in the theory that they are mutually related, so that like composition governs like properties, and conversely. — Wilhelm, Ostwald

I don't give a shit about pretty," I informed her. "I'm a superhero. Superheroes don't need pretty. — Ruth Ozeki

The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. — William Blake

Truth is like the sun, its value wholly depends upon our being at a correct distance away from it. — Hjalmar Soderberg

There is a power in God's gospel beyond all description. — Charles Spurgeon

The reason why Jane's spirit was not broken was that she had a secret. It was her own special secret and she had told no one else except Peggy. She locked it in her heart and hugged it to herself. It was this glorious secret that filled her with such irrepressible joy and exhilaration. But it was also to be the cause of her greatest disaster, and her life-long grief.
The rumour that her father was a high-born gentleman in Parliament must have reached Jane's ears when she was a little girl. Perhaps she had heard the officers talking about it, or perhaps another child had heard the adults talking and told her. Perhaps Jane's mother had told another workhouse inmate, who had passed it on. One can never tell how rumours start.
To Jane, it was not a rumour. It was an absolute fact. Her daddy was a high-born gentleman, who one day would come and take her away. She fantasised endlessly about her daddy. She talked to him, and he talked to her. — Jennifer Worth

The real problems of our planet are not economic or technical, they are philosophical. The philosophy of unbridled materialism is being challenged by events. — E.F. Schumacher

What do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair. — Dave Mustaine

Going insane would be worse than dying. At least death is clear and final — Rita Stradling

Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting suspended from school, going on demonstrations. — Dan Stevens

Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones. — Hans Selye

What's with the B.A. shit?" I asked.
"Bad," Tex pointed at me, "Ass."
Holy crap!
I loved that!
I was Fortnum's own Mr. T, except white, female and without the Mohawk. — Kristen Ashley

You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel. — Chuck Palahniuk