Merteuil Valmont Quotes & Sayings

Want of will causes paralysis of every faculty. In spiritual things man is utterly unable because resolvedly unwilling. — Charles Spurgeon

Daughter follows mother in actions and habits and some times also follows her granny. — Tayyab Nawaz Sulehri

No, I'm not a saint, Sophie. I'm just another stupid human. We smile a last smile, and I walk away. I feel her watching me, but I don't look back. — Markus Zusak

The male is colored much more gorgeously than the female so that he can be shot and made into feather embroidery. — Will Cuppy

What good is safety if you're dead inside? — Sophie Jordan

Live a fuller life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Debating whether one trusts or not is a sign that one does not want to trust at all, and therefore is still incapable of it. — Idries Shah

With that kiss, I tried to tell him the enormity of what he meant to me. I tried to show him that he was the answer to a question I hadn't even known I had been asking. I tried to thank him for wanting me to be me, more than he wanted to make me stay. — Jojo Moyes

We were all disconnected now. And I didn't know when the switchboard had gone down. What if he'd . . . drowned? — Kresley Cole

I am not handsome but I can give my hand to someone who need help ... Because beauty is required in heart not in face ... — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

This hand says you spend the rest of your life with me," he said, holding out his left hand, "and this one says I spend the rest of my life with you. Choose."
She bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes. She took both of his hands in hers and he shuddered. "I will die protecting you," he says.
There was a look of dismay on her face. "Just like a man of this kingdom, Finnikin. Talking of death, yours or mine, is not a good way to begin a-"
Isaboe gave a small gasp when he leaned forward, his lips an inch away from hers. "I will die for you," he whispered.
She cupped his face in her hands. "But promise me you'll live for me first, my love. Because nothing we are about to do is going to be easy and I need you by my side. — Melina Marchetta

Things happen, people change,' is what Amanda said. For her that covered it. You wanted an explanation, and ending that would assign blame and dish up justice. You considered violence and you considered reconciliation . But what you are left with is a premonition of the way your life will fade behind you, like a book you have read too quickly, leaving a dwindling trail of images and emotions, until all you can remember is a name. — Jay McInerney

It sometimes happens that when one acts quickly and with great resolve, all the indecisiveness and doubt comes afterwards, when it is too late. So — Susanna Clarke

How many other people?" Alec asked. "Roughly."
Magnus shook his head. "I can't count, and it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is how I feel about you."
"More than a hundred?" Alec asked. Magnus looked blank. "Two hundred?"
"I can't believe we're having this conversation now," Magnus said. — Cassandra Clare