Markdale Homes Quotes & Sayings

One cannot reign innocently: the insanity of doing so is evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper. — Louis Antoine De Saint-Just

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. — Anonymous

Full of fun, over-the-top characters and witty prose, with a touch of gay romance that is equally pleasing to straight readers. The Edwin Drood Murders is the perfect mystery for educated, intelligent readers. — Rhys Bowen

I don't say anything and he casually leans against my desk, picking up the novel that's sitting there.
"It's bullshit," he tells me, flicking through it. "There's no such thing as Atticus Finch."
I shrug. "It'd be nice if there was, though. — Melina Marchetta

Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. — Alexis De Tocqueville

Peeking in the rearview mirror as she pulled away, she saw that Dawson was still standing where she'd left him, as if hoping she'd change her mind and turn the car around. She felt the stirrings of something dangerous, something she'd been trying to deny. He still loved her, she was certain of that now, and the realization was intoxicating. She knew it was wrong, and she tried to force the feeling away, but Dawson and their past had taken root once more, and she could no longer deny the simple truth that for the first time in years, she'd felt like she'd finally come home. — Nicholas Sparks

No one heals himself by wounding another. — Ambrose Of Milan

I decided to find out how people at school might react if one of the students never came back. — Jay Asher

There is no such thing as a fixed and reliable truth (except for the statement that this is so, presumably — Peter Barry

Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure. — Rachel Naomi Remen

When we want to sink a convoy, we send out an observation plane first ... Of course, to observe is not its real duty, we already know exactly where the convoy is. Its real duty is to be observed ... Then, when we come round and sink them, the Germans will not find it suspicious. — Alan Turing

In Africa, when an old man dies, it's a library burning. — Amadou Hampate Ba

It has made me what I am. When every door is closed, one learns to climb through windows. Human nature, I suppose. — Frances Hardinge

If you ate nails, your stomach would hurt, and it's a good thing that it would. Eating nails is deadly, thus the pain is helpful. Like this, sadness, anger, and anxiety are not to be feared or shamed, but listened to and decoded. — Vironika Tugaleva

I respect him. He has brains and character; and that, I may tell you, is a very unusual combination. — W. Somerset Maugham