Nicolaisen Quotes & Sayings

You want to know the secret to raising good kids?"
"What's that? asked Thomas.
"High expectations."
Thomas laughed. "Alright, well what's the secret to a happy marriage?"
Clyde smiled back, but his face started to fall, and he chose his words carefully. " ... Low expectations. — Chris Nicolaisen

I don't have a problem with my temper. — Tommy Lee

Agony and ecstasy, pleasure and pain. — Nalini Singh

It takes a day to fall in love and a lifetime to forget. — Chris Nicolaisen

I'm making a list
I'm making a list of things I must say
For politeness,
And goodness and kindness and gentleness
Sweetness and rightness:
Hello
Pardon me
How are you?
Excuse me
Bless you
May I?
Thank you
Goodbye
If you know some that I've forgot,
Please stick them in you eye! — Shel Silverstein

Thomas had never seen anything like her in his life, and he knew, with a beautiful sort of sadness, that he never would again. — Chris Nicolaisen

Their faces were contorted with a horror only known to those who have silenced their consciences. — Chris Nicolaisen

Scars are something of a body's memoir. — Chris Nicolaisen

If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations! — John Vianney

The years of his life had not been gentle, and there was something untamable about him; his eyes seemed to say everything and nothing at all, almost as if they spoke a dying language few could appreciate or even understand. — Chris Nicolaisen

An enlightened entertainer, via story, casts her line into the souls of others, hooks their heart, and pulls their greater potential to the surface. — Derek Rydall

It was as hard to be a Norwegian in 1881 as it was to be an American in 1770. Perhaps even harder, as Norway was far from a young nation. — Chris Nicolaisen

I know some people find the idea of soul mates romantic, or comforting, but to me believing in soul mates means absolving yourself of any responsibility for your own happiness. If a relationship doesn't work out
whoops! It wasn't meant to be. Fuck meant to be. — Anna Jarzab

Very few people become enlightened in any given lifetime. On the planet earth their might be a dozen who are fully enlightened and several thousand who live in enlightened states of mind. — Frederick Lenz

Well, everybody knew their character. I was the only one who didn't have a partner. I basically showed up when people got in trouble. Where I came from, I don't know. Nobody knows. But I would show up to help. — Bubba Smith

Without justification salvation is not of grace, but of works. — William Carey

Whether you respond to life or react to life determines how far you're gonna go in life. — Zig Ziglar

I need a seatbelt on an airplane like a hole in the head, thought Jane, as she smiled back. — Chris Nicolaisen

Jane wondered why small-minded people often form such large groups as she made her way home. — Chris Nicolaisen