Oven Overhead Quotes & Sayings

It was June in Maharashtra, and the monsoon would not come. The whole district lay panting in the heat, the burning sky clapped tight overhead like the lid of a tandoor oven. Lean goats stumbled down the narrow alleyways, udders hanging slack and dry beneath them; beggars cried for water in every village. Dust-devils swept over baked clay and through the dry weeds, whistling and shrieking. Hot sand blew into the eyes of torpid bullocks as they leaned into the yoke, whips snapping over their bony backs. A single stream crept along the valley floor, shrunken and muddy, and women stood ankle deep in its shallows, beating their laundry against rocks that rippled and danced in the sun. — Arinn Dembo

Over there, in Europe, all was shame and anger. Here it was exile or solitude, among these languid and agitated madmen who danced in order to die. — Albert Camus

What makes Christians different from everyone else is that God Himself lives within them by His Holy Spirit. When we come to Christ and give our lives to Him, God actually takes up residence within us. — Billy Graham

The more both sides follow the example of those intrepid early diplomats to bridge the gaps in understanding and interests, the better chance we will have of making progress. — Hillary Rodham Clinton

What you can do is often a matter of what you will do. — Norton Juster

I like to know where I'm going to be at seven o'clock. — Andrea Martin

Our families, including us, do not need more quality time, but more quantity time. — Michael S. Horton

If you don't like Scottish weather, wait 30 minutes, and it is likely to change. — Raymond Bonner

I don't know about you, but rattlesnake sounds pretty damn good right now. — Joe Teti

I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is still present to me. — Will Self

I suppose I'm happy when I know I've given a horse a good ride, no matter where it is. I like playing golf in the summer; I'm happy when I hit a good shot, and I enjoy watching Arsenal playing beautiful football, but overall I can't believe you can be happy when you're not winning. I honestly can't accept that. — Tony McCoy

Life is a journey worth making. — Pandora Gray

I have a very classic take on fashion. I like my accessories to pop, but in general, my style is pretty classic. — Ashley Greene

Sometimes the information you need is not in the most obvious place. — Lemony Snicket