Mascarenhas Quotes & Sayings

Guilt is more commonly felt by the innocent than by the culpable, — P.D. James

A good leader needs to know how to follow. — Casey Affleck

I smiled into the clever eyes. "Find out for me," I said, "whether Oliver — Dick Francis

There are only two types of people in this world; people who hate clowns, and clowns. — D.J. MacHale

I suppose that, after visiting the curious coasts of Arabia and Egypt, the Nautilus will go down the Indian Ocean again, perhaps cross the Channel of Mozambique, perhaps off the Mascarenhas, so as to gain the Cape of Good Hope. — Jules Verne

Are you in the habit of taking tea with anyone who approaches you in a foreign port?" He went on and snorted carelessly. "No wonder you were abducted so easily. — V.S. Carnes

The same substance composes us
the tree overhead, the stone beneath us, the bird, the beast, the star
we are all one, all moving to the same end. — P.L. Travers

In my theater days I assumed that you had to get rid of yourself to do a character well, and I don't think I was a very good actor when I did that. — Charlie Day

A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing. — Dav Pilkey

I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV. — Wendy Davis

I reached for something to break my fall. The ground obliged. — A&E Kirk

Write what should not be forgotten. — Isabel Allende

A lot of the things I've done for charity and the money I've given will never be talked about in the media. I'd rather it be that way, because I don't do it for the media. Of course, having celebrities and media there at events helps bring attention to the need, but seeing the looks on peoples' faces when they receive help is why I really do it. — Shawne Merriman

The Ploughmen is as good a book as I've read in years. Kim Zupan's language is as rich as Cormac McCarthy's, and like Cormac's, it comes from ground-zero of the heart. I'm also reminded of James Lee Burke's sure-footed prose and delight in metaphor. Luminous ... nothing short of brilliant ... a firstnovel that leaves me impatient for the next. — Rick DeMarinis

An ethicist is someone who sees something wrong with whatever you have in mind. — Marvin Minsky

She had too much of everything, and so she longed to have less; less, she was sure, would bring her happiness. To me it was a laugh and a relief to observe the unhappiness that too much can bring; I had been so used to observing the reults of too little. — Jamaica Kincaid