Page 118 Quotes & Sayings

The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos. — Meles Zenawi

But that is how the clues God leaves sometimes work. Sometimes nothing comes of them. Sometimes, as in a great novel, you cannot see until you get to the end that God was leaving clues for you all along. Sometimes you wonder, how did I miss it? Surely any idiot should have been able to see from the second chapter that it was Miss Scarlet in the conservatory with the rope. — Lauren F. Winner

The seven white notes on the piano - each section of the piece (there are 12 sections) is five of those seven white notes. If you calculate it, there are 21 groups of five notes in any group of seven notes. And although there are 12 sections, this piece actually uses nine of those groups because some of the sections repeat earlier ones. So that's the formula. It's very simple as a way of generating something. It's my inner minimalist. — Brian Eno

I have not asked for life.
But I try to accept whatever
life brings without surprise.
And I shall depart again without having
questioned anyone about my strange
stay here on earth. — Omar Khayyam

My heroines are always virgins. They never go to bed without a ring on their fingers; not until page 118 at least. — Barbara Cartland

I try to express in my films things that no other art can approach. In my monster films for example, I use special effects in the same way one would use a special film stock, a special camera, and so on. Monster films permit me to use all of these elements at the same time. They are the most visual kind of film. — Ishiro Honda

I have a very, very good life. I'm grateful for all of my friends, my family and the life that I have, and the possibilities in my future. — Raquel Welch

As for the accusation of intellectual pride, surely the boot is on the other foot. Atheists don't claim to know anything with certainty
it's the believers who know it all. — Barbara Smoker

Introverts crave meaning, so party chitchat feels like sandpaper to our psyche. — Diane Cameron

One can love two children. But your heart can be given romantic love to only a single other, said Woolsey. — Cassandra Clare

She'd thought the world was just hayfields and cornfields and and bean fields and apple orchards. The people who owned them and the people who didn't. — Marilynne Robinson

But the world itself, as well as special attitudes, properly understood, constitute the Sufi school. — Idries Shah

I fell. I got up. I fell again. I got up again. Even when I fell on my face, I was still falling forward. — Cathrine Ann

LAVINIA: I want to feel love! Love is all beautiful! I never used to know that! I was a fool! We'll be married soon ... We'll make an island for ourselves on land and we'll have children and love them and teach them to love life so that they can never be possessed by hate and death! — Eugene O'Neill

(Page 118) I explored alleys and hidden roads I never knew existed. I discovered neighborhoods entirely new to me. And finally ... I discovered I was sick of this town and everything in it.
-I think this quote is interesting because hannah always speaks about how unhappy she was, how she disiked some people, etc. but it took her journeys through neighborhoods, walks through alleys and hidden routes in order for her to truly see that she hated this town. I wonder why it took her that long. I know a big factor that contributed and essentially led her to her suicide was because of the people at her school.. However, I thought she'd find comfort in the town itself because she grew up there and spoke fondly of it.. It's surprising to find out she was actually sick of the town. — Jay Asher

What I like best is a good story with a moral. — Oscar Micheaux