Ortenzio Francesca Quotes & Sayings

But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there. — Roald Dahl

I must feel pride in my friend's accomplishments as if they were mine,
and a property in his virtues. I feel as warmly when he ispraised, as the lover when he hears applause of his engaged maiden. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most insidious of sophisms are usually repeated to justify immodesty and seem to be the same everywhere. — Pope Pius XII

I could handle homework in every shape and form, but heartbreak was entirely different — Becca Fitzpatrick

What a dazzlingly generous, gloriously unpredictable book! Maggie Nelson shows us what it means to be real, offering a way of thinking that is as challenging as it is liberating. She invites us to 'pay homage to the transitive' and enjoy 'a becoming in which one never becomes.' Reading The Argonauts made me happier and freer. — Eula Biss

The woman had told the truth. The flowers were the color of sunset. And not the yellowish tinge of a lazy sun either, but the intense orange of a sun refusing to set on anyone else's terms. — Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Life isn't about the breathes you take, it's the moments that take your breathe away. — George Strait

About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength. — Jane Elliot

There is a force that conspires against you. It's called capitalism. It's closing your libraries so you can focus on your conspiracy shit. — Frankie Boyle

The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims. — Gijs De Vries

But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye. — Colin Hanks

In the old days, when a star left a still-thriving hit show, they'd celebrate by killing him or her off. But 'The Office' dispatched Michael Scott in a crueler and more final way: they made him normal. Since we're talking about Michael Scott, 'normal' might be stretching it, obviously. — Rob Sheffield

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing? — Anne Tyler