Nancie Phillips Quotes & Sayings

The miracle of birth is divine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

So you find Miss Mercer beautiful?"
The buzzing in Spencer's head formed the words, "'She walks in beauty like the night/Of cloudless climes and starry skies.'"
"My God, now you're quoting poetry."
Had he said that aloud? Bloody hell. Spencer brandished his empty mug at his brother. "I always quote verse when I'm foxed."
"You must be very foxed to quote that idiot Byron. Or very impressed by Miss Mercer's looks. — Sabrina Jeffries

It is only because a person has volitions of the second order that he is capable both of enjoying and of lacking freedom of the will. — Harry Frankfurt

There are, aren't there, only three things that we can do about death: to desire it, to fear it, or to ignore it. — C.S. Lewis

Barbour, who had come down to the curb with me, said smoothly: — Donna Tartt

I don't think I've said this on camera, (but Ricky Williams) is the largest part of why I chose to come play for UT — Cedric Benson

Elinor now found the difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event, however certain the mind may be told to consider it, and certainty itself. She now found that, in spite of herself, she had always admitted a hope, while Edward remained single, that something would occur to prevent his marrying Lucy; that some resolution of his own, some mediation of friends, or some more eligible opportunity of establishment for the lady, would arise to assist the happiness of all. But he was now married; and she condemned her heart for the lurking flattery which so much heightened the pain of the intelligence. — Jane Austen

Living toys are something novel,
But it soon wears off somehow. — Philip Larkin

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone. — Robert M. Pirsig

Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day. — Walter Scott

Thought is creating divisions out of itself and then saying that they are there naturally. — David Bohm

You'd imagine Mick would be the happiest person in the world, and yet a lot of the times he isn't. — Charlie Watts