Kingsleys Australian Quotes & Sayings

Depression is such a cruel punishment. There are no fevers, no rashes, no blood tests to send people scurrying in concern. Just the slow erosion of the self, as insidious as any cancer. And, like cancer, it is essentially a solitary experience. A room in hell with only your name on the door. — Martha Manning

Sports are not for everyone. — Dante Hall

This isn't kissing. This is savoring your taste. — Nicole Jordan

If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well. — R. Kelly

This is a perfectly good picture. And if I didn't know you, I would be impressed and charmed. But I do know you."
He thought some more, wondering whether he dared say precisely what he felt, for he knew he could never explain exactly why the idea came to him. "It's the painting of a dutiful daughter," he said eventually, looking at her cautiously to see her reaction. "You want to please. You are always aware of what the person looking at this picture will think of it. Because of that you've missed something important. Does that make sense?"
She thought, then nodded. "All right," she said grudgingly and with just a touch of despair in her voice. "You win."
Julien grunted. "Have another go, then. I shall come back and come back until you figure it out."
"And you'll know?"
"You'll know. I will merely get the benefit of it. — Iain Pears

If today shows no results, that doesn't mean the past wasn't working or the present isn't working. It just means we see only part of the picture. Faith believes God is working in every part of the process. — Deb Brammer

New York has a thousand universes in it that don't always connect but we do all walk the same streets, hear the same sirens, ride the same subways, see the same headlines in the Post, read the same writings on the walls. That shared landscape gets inside of all of us and, in some small way, unites us, makes us think we know each other even when we don't. — Jay-Z

The only way to save bookstores is to keep children coming to them. — Sarah Jio

I am sick; help me to give You honor by patience. I — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Women writers should write a lot if they want to write. Take the English women, for example. What amazing workers. — Anton Chekhov

If we are the trees, words are our roots; and we grow as we write — Munia Khan

To say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a being with eyes has no interest in continuing to see. Death - however "humane" - is a harm for humans and nonhumans alike. — Gary L. Francione

At forty, I was too old to work as a programmer myself anymore; writing code is a young person's job. — Michael Crichton

Sci-fi films are as dead as westerns. — Ridley Scott

Why couldn't she, at least just this once, suddenly find magical powers? — Cecelia Ahern