Marylise Doctobre Quotes & Sayings

There's something remarkably artificial about a certain type of bureaucratic sterility, like even it can't make up its mind whether or not it actually exists. — Seanan McGuire

This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts, and helicopter pilots are brooding introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened it is about to. — Harry Reasoner

Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue — William Penn

I don't think I have written a poem when I was completely sober. But I have written a few good ones or a few bad ones under the hammer of a black hangover when I didn't know whether another drink or a blade would be the best thing. — Charles Bukowski

Some won't stay but thank them for stopping by. — Nikki Rowe

The accident of our lives bruises The accident of our lives bruises us into dirty individuality. — Gregory MacGuire

All living beings have experience of pleasure and pain, and we are among them. What makes human beings different is that we have a powerful intelligence and a much greater ability to achieve happiness and avoid suffering. Real happiness and friendship come not from money or even knowledge, but from warm-heartednes s. Once we recognize this we will be more inclined to cultivate it. — Dalai Lama

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want. — Frank Butler

As ordeals and duels gave way to confession as a proof of guilt, judicial torture was actually increasing in France. — Eric Jager

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us. — Dorothea Dix

When everything on the board is clear it can be so difficult to conceal your thoughts from your opponent. — David Bronstein

Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general. — Christian Morgenstern