Le Colonel Chabert Quotes & Sayings

there was yet the assurance of such power in the preparation of the whole, that we knew her to be merely running over the chords of our appetite with preliminary savors, as a musician acquaints his touch with the keys of an unfamiliar piano before breaking into brilliant and triumphant execution. Within a week she had mastered — O. Henry

I did it all mechanically. Mechanically, as in without thought, as in through force of habit, as in instinctively, automatically, involuntarily. Mechanically, as in like-a-machine. — Robin Wasserman

Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. — Jacqueline Carey

What chance did words have beside the distraction of her body? — Stuart Dybek

I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want. — John Bercow

I believe that cuisine is the most important link between nature and culture. — Alex Atala

Though plunged in ills and exercised in care,
Yet never let the noble mind despair. — Wendell Phillips

There is so much more fashion coverage online, so women today are really seeing the collections. They're a lot savvier and more aware of the discrepancies between what they see on the runway and what they end up seeing in their local shops. — Lauren Santo Domingo

The essence of effective storage is this: designate a spot for every last thing you own. — Marie Kondo

Shooting for the top will bring out the best that's in you. — Earl Nightingale

Certainty often hides fear. — Art Hochberg