Kottie Quotes & Sayings

For the first time in his life he knew the bitterest sort of misfortune, misfortune beyond remedy, misfortune his own fault. — Leo Tolstoy

I did not know it, but that was the last civilised dinner I was to eat for very many strange and terrible days. — H.G.Wells

Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape. — Simon Callow

Your failure is measured by your aspirations. Aspire not, and you cannot fail. Columbus died in chains. Joan or Arc was burned at the stake. Let us all live snugly -- and life will soon be little more than a thick, gelatinous stream of comfortability and ignorance. — Myles Connolly

Which diet is best for weight loss may not actually be the most interesting question we can ask, or try to answer, with regard to obesity. — Ignatius Brady

Jay," my name comes out like a prayer. "Be mine. Be only mine," he whispers to me. ~ Kane — Nicole Reed

Strange and fantastic things really happen. During a rainstorm in Australia, fish fall from the sky; several Southern states consider legislation that would make the licking of toads illegal; Lisa Presley marries Michael Jackson. You read these things and you think to yourself that realism may not be the best medium through which to express the real world. — Karen Joy Fowler

God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ. — Bernard Of Clairvaux

I'd sleep on the floor beside you if you'd let me. — Kiera Cass

To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic. — Walter Kaufmann

If you're not happy, then something is wrong. A person comes into the world as a happy being, yet over time, the happiness fades away and they find themselves in this bubble of anxiety and misery all the time. And it's a comfortable place to stay, so they end up hanging out in this bubble for years and years before it suddenly dawns on them that life is meant to be happy. And, it is. It's just that they're too busy getting caught up in worry and stress to notice that life is magnificent and beautiful. Being alive is good. Being alive should already make you happy. — Leigh Hershkovich