Meiklejohn Pta Quotes & Sayings

I didn't want to, even in my imagination, even for a second, to conflate this sophisticated woman with my mother, a woman so frugal and clueless that she had once given me - to have! to know! to wear! - her stretch black lace underwear that had shrunk in the dryer, though I was only ten. — Lorrie Moore

The old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction. — Helen McCloy

They could be subjected to the worst of circumstances and yet give their love to the first person who showed it back. If people could learn that simple aspect, there might be a chance of saving this world. — Simon Wood

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. — Eduardo Galeano

The duration of a couple's passion is in proportion to the woman's original resistance or to the obstacles that social hazards have placed in the way of her happiness. — Honore De Balzac

As he drew close to it another figure came towards it from the opposite side with equal footsteps. He saw that it was his own figure, his very self, and in silent terror, compelled by what force he knew not, he advanced - charmed as the bird is by the snake, mesmerised or hypnotised - to meet this other self. — Bram Stoker

Your self-esteem is determined by how much you keep to the promises given to yourself. — Sunday Adelaja

I've gradually gained more confidence swimming for distance in the open sea, but I still return to the rock pools. — Raymond Bonner

Sean was young, vibrant, capable. Life hadn't even begun to digest his hope. — Marianne De Pierres

I've found I can plunge the characters into whatever absurd, awful situation, and readers will follow as long as the writer makes them seem like 'real people.' — MaryJanice Davidson

You don't have to wait until something or someone is gone to appreciate the true value; you can start today! — Mary Rodwell