Mantles Without Fireplaces Quotes & Sayings

Building slow destroyers ! One might as well breed slow race horses. — Winston Churchill

Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers ... Like our tendrilled life. — Matsuo Basho

I was in a self-induced depression. Welcome to me Real World. — Natsuo Kirino

Because they were frightened of me." She crossed her arms as best she could. "Not because they respected me."
"I think we can both agree that fear is a type of respect."
"Perhaps." She looked slightly placated. "Everyone I meet who knows of my power fears me. Maybe I'm the most respected person in the world."
"Maybe," I agreed, and thunder rolled overhead. Ilsa glanced upwards, her features illuminated by a flicker of lightning.
We sat in silence for a few minutes longer, before I jumped down from the wagon.
"You don't fear me, though," Ilsa called as I searched for another stick. "I can tell. You think yourself more powerful."
She jumped as lightning cracked through the sky overhead. I heard several prisoners further back, exclaiming loudly.
"Maybe," I repeated, and started work on another dance as Ilsa watched. — Aprille Legacy

You shouldn't ask questions like that, sweetheart. You'll never get the truth out of a man with a hard-on. — Victoria Vane

Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success. — Pat Summitt

For this nirvana, I willingly
give in to the numbness of
my wrist. — A.P. Sweet

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it ... These are the highest-paid 'professional' women in America. — Gail Sheehy

My mother once told me she thought hell would be nothing more than being given a glimpse of God
then having it taken away, forever. — Glen Duncan

drive means a combination of a willingness to work hard, emotional fortitude, enormous powers of concentration and a refusal to admit defeat. — Alex Ferguson

I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out. — Alan Bennett

I've seen 'Mork & Mindy' a couple times. Robin Williams amazes me. And I love Gary Coleman. He puts me away. He puts everybody away. — Lucille Ball