Page 344 Quotes & Sayings

The cabman looked at the pieces of silver, which, appearing very minute in his big, grimy palm, symbolised the insignificant results which reward the ambitious courage and toil of a mankind whose day is short on this earth of evil. — Joseph Conrad

A freshet in the autumn does not compensate for a drought in the spring. — Mary Boykin Chesnut

I'm going to do whatever it takes to be able to affect people the same way I've been affected by the music I love. — Ryan Cabrera

Among the dragons, the prohibition against asking direct questions did not exist, and-as Harrier discovered immediately-dragons were even more outrageous gossips than sailors. — Mercedes Lackey

What can government do? They can listen to their own people. But I'll tell you what citizens can do, when we elect one of these people - whether we think it's a good guy or a bozo - you got to stay on the case. You don't vote and go home and give them the keys to the car, he'll drive you right off a cliff. You have to help people to stay honest. — Buffy Sainte-Marie

You only live at once. Which seemed to her all the more reason to be careful, to take it easy, to have an ordinary life. — Lorrie Moore

Voldemort's fury at the fall of his last, best lieutenant exploded with the force of a bomb. — J.K. Rowling

He felt his heart was going to explode, his body burned while his mind tried to reconstitute the ashes of who he once had been. — Jorge Silva Rodighiero

Artists can do whatever they want! — Marina Abramovic

Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is. — Zhuangzi

I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around — Coco Chanel