Novelon Quotes & Sayings

A dreadful thing one day befell me when a horse came to stand on my toe. Having no power to remove him, I found that I could not go.
An awful thing sometime later befell me when the horse was removed from my toe. Alone and with naught to secure me, I found I was forced to go. — Richelle E. Goodrich

The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name. — John Lawson

O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe. — Langston Hughes

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. - Mark Twain — Mark Twain

If you mean to be wicked, here's my first piece of advice: never fish for compliments by demeaning yourself. Assume there is no place I'd rather be than by your side."
"But I know that's not true."
"It doesn't matter what my truth is. Know your worth and assume others do, too. Modesty, if you consider it, is the most unforgivable sort of falsehood: it's a lie that does damage to no one but yourself."
She laughed. "Damage? I like that. Of course, you're a heretic by profession. Most gentlemen consider modesty very becoming to a lady."
"No doubt they do," he agreed. ... "The same gentlemen who liken ladies to flowers, no doubt." ... "Others of us," he said courteously as his hand dropped, "do not believe a woman's main aim is to decorate a room. — Meredith Duran

We learn this by the precepts that Jesus left. He observed that the people were looking outward, and assured them that the kingdom of God cometh not with outward observation; and for this reason, that it was only to be known in man. — Elias Hicks

It takes longer to build a relationship
than it does to destroy one. — Matshona Dhliwayo

He thought there must be a place, like a dead-letter office, where everyone's longing went, yearning that was sent out, day after day. He thought it must collect somewhere, in a dank basement room, the mass of it rising and rising like water, and with no end in sight. — Jane Hamilton

I just know Maycomb. I'm not in the least sensitive about it, but good Lord, I'm certainly aware of it. — Harper Lee

There is no one who cannot be hated, against whatever odds. Nor anyone who cannot be loved, against all reason. — Ellis Peters

Isn't it a blessing when the Lord shows us the path to who we really are? — Jamison Green