Marguerite Bays Quotes & Sayings

What we talk about less often, because it is harder to explain, is the way a perfume can give breath and body to the phantom selves that waft about us as we go through our days -- not just the showgirl, the femme fatale, and the ingenue, but all the memories and dreams of the taller, meaner, sharper, sweeter, softer people we have been or long to be. — Alyssa Harad

I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death. — Jim Thompson

The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world. — Thomas Aquinas

China was the first time I truly felt like an outsider. I fell in love with the process of trying to become intimate with the culture. — Abigail Washburn

Look: invest in what you understand, what's foreseeably going to offer real value and returns, not necessarily what's trendy. — Donald Trump Jr.

Most books are born from the smoke and vapour of the brain: and to vapour and smoke may they well return. For having no fire within themselves, they shall be visited with fire. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Gospel is not a fire insurance policy for the next world, but a life assurance policy for this world. — Richard Rohr

The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Before he left, Julia extended her hand. He took it, pressing his lips to her palm.
I don't regret this, she whispered.
He pulled back. The pain medication seemed to be affecting her thought processes.
What don't you regret, darling?
Getting pregnant. After this is over, we're going to have a little girl. We'll be a family. Forever.
He gave her a tight smile and kissed her forehead. I'll see you in a few minutes. You stay strong. — Sylvain Reynard