Omar Hayyam Quotes & Sayings

It wasn't until I started writing that I found a whole new appreciation for reading. — Justin Bienvenue

Hugh's old drawing teacher used to have one, and though it had been ten years since he'd taken the woman's class, I could suddenly recall him talking about it. "If I had a skeleton like Minerva's ... ," he used to say. I don't remember the rest of the sentence, as I'd always been sidetracked by the teacher's name, Minerva. Sounds like a witch. — David Sedaris

I love nature, in spite of what it did to me. — Bette Midler

Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells. — Richard Paul Evans

When you looked out my window you could see the whole city crouched under a blanket of car smog. — Markus Zusak

Sometimes, our fates are no longer ours to decide, and we can only grip our fists until our knuckles turn white and hang on for the rest of the ride. — Chris Jones

But if we admit God, must we admit Miracle? Indeed, indeed, you have no security against it. That is the bargain. Theology says to you in effect, 'Admit God and with Him the risk of a few miracles, and I in return will ratify your faith in uniformity as regards the overwhelming majority of events. — C.S. Lewis

I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that. — Lawrence Taylor

I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone. — Laura Marling

I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end up going extinct. We'd be the laughingstock of the aliens of the cosmos if that were the case. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I'm glad that I never ended up killing myself, though I came close more times than I would like to admit. — Joe Perry

The surpluses will have to be expended somehow, and trust the oligarchs to find a way. Magnificent roads will be built. There will be great achievements in science, and especially in art. When the oligarchs have completely mastered the people, they will have time to spare for other things. They will become worshippers of beauty. They will become art-lovers. And under their direction and generously rewarded, will toil the artists. The result will be great art; for no longer, as up to yesterday, will the artists pander to the bourgeois taste of the middle class. It will be great art, I tell you, and wonder cities will arise that will make tawdry and cheap the cities of old time. And in these cities will the oligarchs dwell and worship beauty — Jack London

It was strange. She would have thought that she'd sense John's presence, feel him in the air, see him in the surroundings they'd shared for two years. But instead, he was simply gone, and the influx of women had changed the tone of the house entirely. Francesca supposed that was a good thing; she needed the support of women right now.
But it was odd, living among women. There were more flowers now - vases everywhere, it seemed. And there was no longer any lingering smell of John's cheroot, or the sandalwood soap he'd favored.
Kilmartin House now smelled of lavender and rose-water, and every whiff of it broke Francesca's heart. — Julia Quinn

I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it. — Billie Jean King

She nodded again, and took a deep breath. A small tear managed to find its way through the swelling and dropped onto her left cheek. He — John Grisham