Orfeon Quotes & Sayings

Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly what he should do, yet cannot muster enough energy to do it. "He who desires but acts not," wrote Blake with his accustomed vigor, "Breeds pestilence. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Looking through the book, I realized that there actually were several kids I didn't know. Was it possible that I never shared a class with them in all twelve years of school? I scanned the yearbook — Stephen E. Stanley

Sandy laughed, and I realized that I liked her, in spite of everything. Yes, she was beautiful. Yes, Sonterra obviously thought she was hot. But that didn't mean she and I were automatic enemies, duty-bound to compete. That was not my typical approach to life and femininity, and I suspected it wasn't hers, either. — Linda Lael Miller

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. — John Atkinson

It never ceases to amaze me that Hollywood made "Pretty Woman," a love story between a hooker and her john. — Andrew Goldman

Transcendence is the business of poets. That's what they're for. They're not like you and me. They have that extra bit that's always ready for take-off. Poets understand why God didn't give us wings: he wanted entertainment. He wanted us to aspire, to ascend. He wanted poetry. My — Niall Williams

You are my dreams, Chey. You're everything I never thought I'd have. You're the brightest light in my darkest days. — Nicole Edwards

Y.A. wasn't really a specific genre when I was fifteen, but if it was, I would probably have shunned it; I was a huge snob. — Kathe Koja

I've got America's best writer for $300 a week. — Jack L. Warner

Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve. — Philip Sidney

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. — Napoleon Bonaparte

as incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial. — Erle Stanley Gardner

Why do they always ask for words? Why do they ever believe them? — Karen Marie Moning