Lahtela Highland Quotes & Sayings

Society as we know it is almost a conspiracy against human health. One of the main forces working to counteract that is the trailsman. — Stewart Udall

It was all so very businesslike that one watched it fascinated. It was pork-making by machinery, pork-making by applied mathematics. And yet somehow the most matter-of-fact person could not help thinking of the hogs; they were so innocent, they came so very trustingly; and they were so very human in their protests - and so perfectly within their rights! They had done nothing to deserve it; and it was adding insult to injury, as the thing was done here, swinging them up in this cold-blooded, impersonal way, without pretence at apology, without the homage of a tear. — Upton Sinclair

I'm not your gilded prince with the gilded chairs, Letty," Geoff said simply. "I couldn't be if I tried."
"I wouldn't want you to be." Letty's voice felt rusty.
"I'm not particularly bold or dashing or heroic. I'm happier at my desk than in a black cloak. And I've never entirely mastered all the steps of the quadrille." He looked soberly down at her. "But what I am is yours, if you'll still have me. — Lauren Willig

A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities. — Edward Sapir

We're not products of our environments, we're products of our expectations. — Wes Moore

There's glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will — Elizabeth Wein

What you leave
isn't always there when you come back. — Cath Crowley

There are things we find only at our lowest depths. The idea of wings and then wings themselves. An ocean worth crossing one dark mile at a time. The whole of the sky. — Paula McLain

It is good to have many strengths, Natiya...Do not sacrifice one kind of strength for another — Mary E. Pearson

I have a fork and a spoon, but never a knife ... as if I'm lacking manual skills or teeth. I have both, however. That's why I'm not allowed a knife. — Margaret Atwood

My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds. — Georgina Chapman

God is not against you owning things, but he is against the things owning you. — Orrin Woodward

Let's go. We have to confront her."
I scoff. "Confront her? That's a little mild, don't you think? I'm going to rip her tits off. — Sara Wolf