Olvera Street Quotes & Sayings

Whose are these?" Sevro asks me. "Daddy's," I tell him. "So you guessed." Sevro laughs. "He's locked in Apollo's dungeons." "The stupid Pixie!" He laughs again. — Pierce Brown

(The coconut tree was a machine: a solar-powered, self-building factory that required no maintenance and cost no money - a clean-running, noiseless manufacturer of useful things. In went soil, air, and water; out came food, drink, fuel, building materials, rope, medicine, and, yes, pillows.) — Peter Rudiak-Gould

What are you typing?" Livia did not share Kyle's obsession with electronic contraptions. "Currently, I'm texting Debbi, Michelle, Karen, and Sam. This incident boosts my street cred." Kyle's text was in all caps. "Oh, pardon me. I didn't realize you were straight-up gangsta," Livia mocked. "Whatever. I had some bastard's finger in my mouth tonight. I'm milking this story for all it's worth." Kyle hit send. — Debra Anastasia

It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence. — Jennifer Hudson

I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. — Alfonso Cuaron

It's my obligation to take out all the 'wrong' pictures. — Jay Maisel

The revealed Word awakened me, but it was the preached Word that saved me, and I must ever attach peculiar value to the hearing of the truth, for by it I received the joy and peace in which my soul delights. — Charles Spurgeon

Never quit. Never give up. — Gabby Douglas

One doesn't remain a teenager forever. — Mariah Carey

It is not love that matters, Mistress Boy, it is what you choose to do with it. What'd you choose to do with yours? — Philippa Gregory

Persistence is often more important than intelligence. Approaching material with a goal of learning it on your own gives you a unique path to mastery. — Barbara Oakley

The head has no purpose in the golf swing. It simply goes where the body takes it — George Knudson