Kluvers Appliances Quotes & Sayings

The very insurmountability of the task, its very unattractiveness, was in the end what attracted me to it. — Lionel Shriver

This isn't how it ends!" Quentin said. "I am the hero of this goddamned story, Ember! Remember? And the hero gets the reward!" "No, Quentin," the ram said. "The hero pays the price." ========== — Anonymous

Would have gone to him, if Gavin Sloane hadn't double-crossed his and his gang of scarab-tattooed thugs. — Lara Adrian

I offered you a choice, and you took it."
I shot him what I hoped was a truly scathing glare. "Some choice. I was dying. Some drunk shot me from a pickup. Why wouldn't I have just woken up with gonorrhea like every other girl of loose moral fiber? — Molly Harper

Embracing what is We're conditioned to believe that painful feelings are "bad" and that pleasurable ones are "good." It's often easier - though not healthier - for us to avoid grief and sorrow, while only embracing sensations like happiness, confidence, and love. — Sharon Salzberg

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success. — Oscar Wilde

On the other hand, heroism is basic to the character of the Nordic peoples. This heroism of the ancient mythic period and this is what is decisive has never been lost, despite times of decline, so long as the Nordic blood was still alive. Heroism, in fact, took many forms, from the warrior nobility of Siegfried or Hercules to the intellectual nobility of Copernicus and Leonardo , the religious nobility of Eckehart and Lagarde, or the political nobility of Frederick the Great and Bismarck , and its substance has remained the same. — Alfred Rosenberg

Despair was a private weakness she could not afford to indulge. — Robin McKinley

Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs. — Roy Blount Jr.

From the time I was twelve I was dancing for bread and butter, but in my heart I was always an actress. — Rita Hayworth

Plus it'll give you a chance to get us a wedding present. We're not registered anywhere, but we could seriously use some china and a blender. — Richelle Mead

Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first. — George Bernard Shaw