Lerochka Quotes & Sayings

The transept belfry and the two towers were to him three great cages, the birds in which, taught by him, would sing for him alone. Yet it was these same bells which had made him deaf; but mothers are often fondest of the child who has made them suffer most. — Victor Hugo

From a short distance, the few attending mourners under the blue tarp looked on silently as each ritualistic movement necessary to properly complete the last rites of the dead were respectively adhered to. Not surprisingly, only the constant raindrops marred the utter silence of the occasion, and
not a single teardrop fell. Not a whimper or a shudder. Not for this man. Not today. Not ever again. It took all Skye had not to walk over to the hole, lift up her skirt, and piss on the man who had repeatedly raped her as a child. Good riddance, you nasty bastard. Now you are in God's hands. Have fun with that, you piece of garbage. — Sahar Abdulaziz

Or as a weapon to pour on her. His shoulders dropped then. — Tijan

On the top of the tomb, seemingly driven through the solid marble - for the structure was composed of a few vast blocks of stone - was a great iron spike or stake. On going to the back I saw, graven in great Russian letters: 'The dead travel fast. — Bram Stoker

Evil is something you need to fight until it ceases trying to control you. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Fans write to us via our publisher and more than ever via the Internet, blogs and fan sites, and good writers should be actively seeking out that interaction. Gone are the days when writers are dead or hidden away in dusty attics; nowadays, you've got to get out there. — Chris Riddell

Life is a goddam mess ... but you wouldn't want to miss it! — Joseph Mitchell

If we could switch off the aging gene we would. There's no technology that we've had that we haven't used. We are in the capital of staying young forever. — Andrew Niccol

Barack Obama doesn't think this country should be number one. If it were number 35 it'd be fine with him. — Rush Limbaugh

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember. — B.B. King

Despite what many modern educators would say, this is not a psychological disturbance brought on by violent television or chemical imbalance. Aggression is part of the masculine design; we are hardwired for it. — John Eldredge

The problem with educating stupid people was that they didn't know they were stupid. The same went for curing crazy people. — Chuck Palahniuk

Our sufferings may be hard to bear, but they teach us lessons which, in turn, equip and enable us to help others. — Billy Graham

Increase in me that wisdom
Which discovers my truest interest,
Strengthen my resolution
To perform that which wisdom dictates. — Benjamin Franklin

Always listen to your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything. You discover your true faith when you start flowing with your conscience. After lessons, visions, and theories validate themselves to you, you begin to build faith in that hypothesis/feeling/idea that originated from your own heart and mind -- not that of others. Before you submit to any one religion, create your own first and then find out which one out there resonates closest with the one already in your heart. — Suzy Kassem