Malapert In A Sentence Quotes & Sayings

I have one head that wants to be good, And one that wants to be bad. And always, as soon as I get up, One of my heads is sad. — John Ciardi

Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and everything is different for him afterward. Better. Magical."
"That's just a story."
"So are we- we're stories too. — Matthew Quick

I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold. — Hans Christian Andersen

It's a totally mad idea," said Mad Al, grinning. "I'm glad you like it," said Moist. — Terry Pratchett

There is nothing that the mature hate more, there is nothing that disgusts them more, than immaturity — Witold Gombrowicz

Mariam kept her eyes to the ground, on her shadow, on her executioner's shadow trailing her.
Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for the most part had been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it. She wished she could she Leila again, wished to hear the clangour of her laugh, ...

Mariam wished for so much in those final moments.
Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but a sensation of abundant peace that washed over her. She thought of her entry into this world, the harami child of a lowly villager, an unintended thing, a pitiable, regrettable accident. A weed. And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who has loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last.
This was a legitimate end to a life of illegitimate beginnings."
--A Thousand Splendid Suns — Khaled Hosseini

Be more than man, or thou'rt less than an ant. — John Donne

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read. — Leo Burnett

I don't feel uncomfortable in America, but every once in a while, I'm reminded that people don't see me the way I see me. It doesn't change my life, but it gives me a consciousness about it. — Chang-rae Lee

We have to make a really cold judgement. Would the consequence of civil war be more devastating than the consequences of staying the course?. — Zbigniew Brzezinski