Lavoir Dolhain Quotes & Sayings

We are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, and no amount of education gleaned from our propensity for self-destruction and misguided thinking ever teaches us anything. Not anything that we remember for more than a generation or two.
I think maybe we learn a few things each time that we don't forget. A few things that stick with us. It's just hard to pass those things on to those who come after us because if they didn't live through it, they don't view it the same way we do. If you don't experience something firsthand, it's a lot harder to accept. Terry Brooks, Bearers of the Black Staff, p 89 — Terry Brooks

Is it better to drive a fellow-creature to despair than to transgress a mere human law, no man being injured by the breach? — Charlotte Bronte

If you really taste a doughnut, it's pretty disgusting. They taste of grease. — Ruth Reichl

Then he said the truest thing about their relationship. He said, We didn't really fall in love. What we did was collide at the intersection of your life and mine. — Harlan Ellison

pretty girl the German had danced with in a Cretan tavern during the Occupation was actually Xan in disguise. — Christopher McDougall

He always felt like an untamed animal around Sarah, but lately it was different. She was all he ever thought about, and any time away from her felt too long. Angel closed his eyes and kissed her. Then the words came out without warning. 'I love you, Sarah.' -Angel Moreno — Elizabeth Reyes