Northanger Abbeyger Quotes & Sayings

Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years - the mind anyway is subject to conditions. — Zoketsu Norman Fischer

They Only Made One Mistake, They Signed This Fight. — Ferdie Pacheco

In other nightmares, in his everyday reality, Victor watched his father take a drink of vodka on a completely empty stomach. Victor could hear that near-poison fall, then hit, flesh and blood, nerve and vein. Maybe it was like lightning tearing an old tree into halves. Maybe it was like a wall of water, a reservation tsunami, crashing onto a small beach. Maybe it was like Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Maybe it was like all that. Maybe. But after he drank, Victor's father would breathe in deep and close his eyes, stretch, and straighten his neck and back. During those long drinks, Victor's father wasn't shaped like a question mark. He looked more like an exclamation point. — Sherman Alexie

Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair. — John Denham

If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters. — Shirley Maclaine

Provoking separatist hatreds is an aggressive weed. We all have dirty hands and a broken heart. Put down your flag before you put down your weapons. If you must raise a flag, be sure it says, "We is better than you or I." We will not persecute, nor tolerate persecution. We will not dominate, nor tolerate subjugation. — Mikhayla Gracey

As a Christian, part of my obligation is to alleviate suffering. Explicit recognition of that in the Methodist tradition is one reason I'm comfortable in this church. — Hillary Clinton

Children can be so cruel,' the Doctor said. 'Children's writers can be even worse. — Puffin

You can make the best show in the world, but if people don't actually turn it on and see it, they'll never know it's the best show. — Miranda Otto

The progress of Catherine's unhappiness from the events of the evening was as follows. It appeared first in a general dissatisfaction with everybody about her, while she remained in the rooms, which speedily brought on considerable weariness and a violent desire to go home. This, on arriving in Pulteney Street, took the direction of extraordinary hunger, and when that was appeased, changed into an earnest longing to be in bed; such was the extreme point of her distress; for when there she immediately fell into a sound sleep which lasted nine hours, and from which she awoke perfectly revived, in excellent spirits, with fresh hopes and fresh schemes. — Jane Austen

Frankie looks like he might break your heart a little. Daniel looks like he might rip it from your chest, still beating, and bite it. — Melissa Jensen

The science of yoga saved my life, and I've seen it save many other lives, no matter how dark and hopeless it might feel for someone, there is a pathway forward towards stability and empowerment ... toward creating a new and more meaningful identity and mission in life. — Brad Willis

Wisdom ain't seeing what's in your face, but recognizing what's about to come! — Eric Jerome Dickey

I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the day away. Keep persevering, stick to yourself. Don't do what other people ask, do what you want! — Jenna Ushkowitz

I'm not the most confident dancer, to be honest. Dancing on film was very difficult for me because you can see it after it's been done. — Sarah Hay

...You stitched the broken pieces of my spirit back together. — Heather Cleveland