Monstresses Quotes & Sayings

Well, and what if we give in to our troubles at every step! We would be pitiable creatures indeed to be so weak, for is not a man's spirit given to him to rise above his misfortunes? As for our wants, they are many and unfilled, for who is so rich or compassionate as to supply them? Want is our companion from birth to death, familiar as the seasons or the earth, varying only in degree. What profit to bewail that which has always been and cannot change? — Kamala Markandaya

Time sweeps everything along and can bring good as well as evil, evil as well as good. — Niccolo Machiavelli

No doctor can write a prescription for friendship and love: These are complex and hard-earned capacities. You don't need a history of trauma to feel self-conscious and even panicked at a party with strangers - but trauma can turn the whole world into a gathering of aliens. — Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

They did. And if any came, we cut them down. — Ally Condie

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything. — Eminem

It is far easier for a woman to lead
a blameless life than it is for a man;
all she has to do is to avoid
sexual intercourse like the plague. — Angela Carter

The price of purity is purists. — Calvin Trillin

Meggie dropped to her knees, scrambling frantically to collect the miniature clothes before more damage was done them, then she began picking among the grass blades where she thought the pearls might have fallen. Her tears were blinding her, the grief in her heart new, for until now she had never owned anything worth grieving for. — Colleen McCullough

Air forces offered the possibility of striking a the enemy's economic and moral centres without having first to achieve 'the destruction of the enemy's main forces on the battlefield'. Air-power might attain a direct end by indirect means - hopping over opposition instead of overthrowing it. — B.H. Liddell Hart

A sweet fruit for a sweet fight. — George R R Martin

movement behind us, each of us had to overcome deeply held values and traditional social strictures. The struggle was personally painful and — Lynn Povich

There is evidence that people do want to watch shows back to back - that's why DVR use is so high. When you're able to DVR something, people will watch more than one episode. — Brian Grazer

The desire for the edited life crosses generations, but the young consider it their birthright. — Sherry Turkle