Nessarose Quotes & Sayings

I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose.
I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. — Gregory Maguire

Most of the time, life is all "What's next?" "Who's next?" "Where the HELL am I going, please?" But on anniversaries, you take the time to stop and look back and it's like watching a play of your past dance across your memory. At — Holly Bourne

And maybe the cereal makers by and large have learned to be less crazy about fighting for market share-because if you get even one person who's hell-bent on gaining market share ... For example, if I were Kellogg and I decided that I had to have 60% of the market, I think I could take most of the profit out of cereals. I'd ruin Kellogg in the process. But I think I could do it. — Charlie Munger

Sometimes the decision to limit our choices makes space for creativity to flourish and allows new ideas to emerge. — W. Nicholas Knisely

It must be the body. It's chiseled out of marshmallows. — Tony Amonte

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. — Kobe Bryant

The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged. — Aung San Suu Kyi

In 'The Future and Its Enemies,' I argue that individual creativity and enterprise are not only personally satisfying but socially good, producing progress and happiness. For celebrating creativity and happiness, I have been called a fascist by critics on both coasts. — Virginia Postrel

At times, we are the bridge that allows another to re-enter the world after a loss. Don't mistake it for more or its beauty may be lost. — Danielle Pierre

There were a great many jokes about the disaster (house falling on and killing Wicked Witch of the East), naturally. "You can't hide from desinty, that house had her name on it" "That Nessarose, she was giving such a good speech about religious lessons, she really brought down the house!" "Everybody needs to grow up and leave home sometimes, but sometimes HOME DOESN'T LIKE IT." "What's the different between a shooting star and a falling house?" "One which is propitious grants delicious wishes, the other which is vicious squishes witches." "What's big, thick, makes the earth move, and wants to have its way with you?" "I don't know, but can you introduce me? — Gregory Maguire

In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can. — Ian McKellen

It's just life, so keep dancing through. — Stephen Schwartz

Maybe that's why there are grandkids, a second chance to get it right. — Terri Haynes Roach

[And] we were never alive and we won't be born again — Slipknot

Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does. — Douglas Adams

Truth, also is the pursuit of it. — George Oppen

Not old enough to feel like an adult , really, but old enough to look like one, and to know the distinction between being carefree and careless. — Gregory Maguire

It's actually very beautiful when you can't conceive on your own, you can actually go to the doctors and with science you can create a child. — Tamar Braxton