Margretta Ameigh Quotes & Sayings

The old poets little knew what comfort they could be to a man. — Sarah Orne Jewett

One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain, its cessation gave repose to the brain, allowed it a vacation. — Adalbert De Vogue

The PIRA were clients, and their money was good, which was all that mattered, for he was never a man to make judgments. Sitting opposite — Jack Higgins

How are you holding up?' Stephen had asked in the parking lot, and it had come as a relief. Because even if you don't know the answer, Nora thinks, leaving the foyer, it is nice to be asked. — Maya Lang

He is not in the habit of explaining himself. He is not in the habit of discussing his successes. But whenever good fortune has called on him, he has been there, planted on the threshold, ready to fling open the door to her timid scratch on the wood. — Hilary Mantel

We're non-diversified. We focus. Why not buy more of your best idea rather than your 60th best idea? How many companies can I really know well over time and focus on, on a daily basis? — Bruce Berkowitz

All these last months he had begun to talk about Sarima and the family as if they were ghosts, hiding just around the curve of the spiral staircase in the tower, suppressing giggles at this long, long game of hide-and-seek. — Gregory Maguire

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile. — Wislawa Szymborska