Nancie Mcdermott Quotes & Sayings

She was too tired to feel anything more, she wanted a book to do to her what books did: take away the world, slide it aside for a little bit, and let her please, please just be somewhere and somebody else — Lev Grossman

And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the previous Shrove Tuesday; and that Lord died as a consequence, may God absolve him! And you should know that there was at least an acre of land behind the Templars, which was so covered with arrows fired by the Saracens, that none of the ground could be seen. — Jean De Joinville

They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us die trying, not sitting. — Velma Wallis

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God. — Voltaire

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide. — Andrew Johnson

There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people. — Craig Newmark

I looked at a lot of photos from Hollywood in the '20s, photographs of silent movies being filmed all over the world which are very specific and very evocative. Berenice, the lead actress, is my wife. She really followed the same path with me. — Michel Hazanavicius