Page 294 Quotes & Sayings

I didn't think about
its being wrong to go in and try on the brooch; but I see now
that it was and I'll never do it again. That's one good thing
about me. I never do the same naughty thing twice — L.M. Montgomery

The lies we tell ourselves are the worst ones. — Andrea Cremer

Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages. — Lord Byron

It's hard to reconcile this August with the other one. and to be honest I don't try very hard. I've seen flashes of this August before-This brightness, this conviviality, this generosity of spirit-but I know what he's capable of, and I won't forget it. The others can believe what they like, but I don't believe for a second that this is the real August and the other an aberration And yet I can see how they might be fooled- — Sara Gruen

Your character is your destiny. Building character is a task for the brave and dedicated. There are no shortcuts when it comes to building character. If you wish to cure minimalism in your own life, to develop a complete commitment to excellence and an absolute rejection of mediocrity, the question you need to start asking yourself is, "What is the most I can do?" — Matthew Kelly

The road to wisdom is paved with excess.
The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange. — Walt Whitman

At the time I wasn't even sure what she meant - what does anyone do? We mark time until we die. She was still waiting for an answer. My roommate filled the silence. "He's a writer," he said. "Oh," she said. "What does he write about?" "His dick." She gave me a sharp look and said, "That sounds like pornography." "No," my roommate said. "If he writes about other people's dicks, it's porn. But if it's his own, it's art. — Chris Offutt

To escape death, she'd become death.
page 294 Crown of Midnight — Sarah J. Maas

It [Dr Phil] was great. We had such a good time. Never a dull moment on set, considering the 18 kids. It never got boring. — Miranda Cosgrove

I want to go home, Peeta," I say plaintively, like a small child. "You will. I promise," ... — Suzanne Collins

Lovely is admirable. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I was thinking about the universe wanting to be noticed, and how I had to notice it as best I could. I felt that I owed a debt to the universe that only my attention could repay, and also that I owed a debt to everybody who didn't get to be a person anymore and everyone who hadn't gotten to be a person yet (Page 294). — John Green