Lanaven Quotes & Sayings

I killed little Esmerelda because I felt I owed it to myself and to the world in general. I had, after all, accounted for two male children and thus done womankind something of a statistical favour. If I really had the courage of my convictions, I reasoned, I ought to redress the balance at least slightly. My cousin was simply the easiest and most obvious target. — Iain Banks

Make the upcoming hour overflow with joy, and let pleasure drown the brim. — William Shakespeare

I would not call myself an optimist, even though I would aspire to be. I am innately a skeptic. There's kind of an incessant dissatisfaction that I have, that I'm always trying to either expose or fight against or wrestle with. — Carrie Brownstein

The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project — Simone De Beauvoir

Our adversity is never just for us, but to bless others around us. — O. J. Brigance

The idea occurred to him when he was twenty. At first it was only a vague idea, a question looming - what should I do? - with an answer taking shape: nothing. — Georges Perec

I watched him walk back to the cafe holding his paper. I rather liked him and evidently she led him quite a life. — Ernest Hemingway,

i am constantly telling him that i'm not sure the laws of sex and the city apply when there's no sex and there's no city, but then he looks at me like i'm throwing spiked darts at the heart-shaped helium balloons that populate his mind, so i let it go — David Levithan

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith. — Karen Armstrong

The best defense against propaganda: more propaganda. — Edward Bernays