Missanabie Quotes & Sayings

Be one on whom nothing is lost. — Henry James

There are times, they occur with increasing frequency nowadays, when I seem to know nothing, when everything I know seems to have fallen out of my mind like a shower of rain, and I am gripped for a moment in paralysed dismay, waiting for it all to come back but with no certainty that it will. — John Banville

You all right?"
Diana let out a deep breath. "Ask me again when I'm not praying. — Nora Roberts

Things happen when people are not where they belong, and the world moves forward and back by that principle. — Richard Ford

Summer skylarks Dart about the heavens Above the deep mountains. — Dakotsu Iida

Everyone I know, men and women alike, would love to see the world changed so that boys and girls, men and women are valued equally for what we contribute, despite the differences in how our brains and bodies work. — Cris Mazza

What was on the other side?"
Donna said, "He said there was another world on the other side. He could see it."
"He ... never went through it?"
"That's why he kicked the shit out of everything in his apartment; he never thought of going through it, he just admired the doorway and then later he couldn't see it at all and it was too late. It opened for him a few days and then it was closed and gone forever. — Philip K. Dick

Readers who wish to follow Whim rather than whim
readers who have learned enough about what he or she really thrives on to seek more of it
the first lesson must be in humility ... Don't waste time and mental energy in comparing yourself to others whether to your shame or gratification, since we are all wayfarers. — Alan Jacobs

Just follow your heart and you'll see no one can love you as much as me. — Ken Coleman

When you discover your gift and authority, that gift attracts people. When people come to you, they are not really coming to you for you but for the gift and the vision that you are serving the humanity of your generation with. — Myles Munroe

... if you don't say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true. — John Green

A present has many faces to it, has it not? and one should consider all, before pronouncing an opinion as to its nature. — Charlotte Bronte

The crisis inUkraine deepened when pro-Russian supporters, allegedly led and organised by Russian forces, seized police and security buildings in about ten towns and cities across the east of the country. Oleksandr Turchinov, the acting president, ordered an "anti-terrorist operation" to retake the buildings. Thousands of Russian troops are mustered along the Ukrainian border, adding to fears that a crackdown on pro-Russians could trigger a land invasion. — Anonymous

My wife, Jill, and I have an incredibly close working relationship, and an incredibly happy married one. We met through work. I was the world's worst advertising copywriter. She had the misfortune to be my account director, so from the very start she was my boss, and she still is. — Anthony Horowitz