Parvenu Crossword Quotes & Sayings

I've had my ring since I was 12 years old. But for me it's not something I want to go around saying, 'Hey, look what I have', It's a promise I made to myself and God. I think some people misinterpret that as a trend and think everyone's getting one. — Selena Gomez

You live alone, creating your life as you go. — Edie Sedgwick

Some men got excited by white lace and a translucent negligee. My love muffin got excited by a woman dressed to murder. There was probably something deeply twisted about that. Lucky for me, negligees were never my thing. — Ilona Andrews

Yet one's joy will be greater than another's on account of a fuller participation of the divine happiness — Peter Kreeft

And the spectators must not be allowed to see too much. President Obama has set new standards in safeguarding this principle. He has, in fact, punished more whistle-blowers than all previous presidents combined, a real achievement for an administration that came to office promising transparency. — Noam Chomsky

By now the crusaders had christened the most powerful French catapult 'Mal Voisine', or 'Bad Neighbour', while nicknaming the Muslim stone-thrower that targeted it for conter-bombardment 'Mal Cousine', or 'Bad Relation'. — Thomas Asbridge

The woman went on. She had not looked back. She went out of sight up the road: swollen, slow, deliberate, unhurried, and tireless as augmenting afternoon itself. She walked out of their talking too; perhaps out of their minds too. — William Faulkner

If we hadn't hated him a lot, we might have liked him a little at that moment. But we did. So we didn't. — Ally Carter

To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live. — Diana Gabaldon

Never say [to younger people] "that was before your time," because the last full moon was before their time! — Bill Cosby

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Oh, yes, she could feel it/even though the bullet/had never stabbed her skin./ The bright white heat/ burned at her core/ where two lives/ beat, and if he'd aimed/ there and pulled the trigger,/red would have crested/ like a broken dam/ over her hands/ as her last word rushed/ up to her throat
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/ a sound that took no time and also lifetimes. — Jenny Hubbard

Mr. Rogan, I am magician, not God. — Kenneth Eade

If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself. — Frederic William Farrar