Patch Store Quotes & Sayings

There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me. But I don't want anything but my own way. That is wanting a good deal, of course, when you have to trample upon the lives, the hearts, the prejudices of others- — Kate Chopin

Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle — Gregory Maguire

There's an organic grocery store just off the highway exit. I can't remember the last time I went shopping for food." A smile glittered in his eyes. "I might have gone overboard."
I walked into the kitchen, with gleaming stainless-steel appliances, black granite countertops, and walnut cabinetry. Very masculine, very sleek. I went for the fridge first. Water bottles, spinach and arugula, mushrooms, gingerroot, Gorgonzola and feta cheeses, natural peanut butter, and milk on one side. Hot dogs, cold cuts, Coke, chocolate pudding cups, and canned whipped cream on the other. I tried to picture Patch pushing a shopping cart down the aisle, tossing in food as it pleased him. It was all I could do to keep a straight face. — Becca Fitzpatrick

If you ever meet anyone who tells you his or her religion can offer all the answers, run for the hills. Or at least hide your wallet. — Greg M. Epstein

To have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline, and to be of good speech
this is the greatest blessing. — Gautama Buddha

They say you thatched your roof and now you must not run out of your house if it rains. — Barbara Kingsolver

Love costs nothing except a moment of beautiful thought. — Debasish Mridha

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age. — Candice Bergen

So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English. — Sophie Marceau

Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp. — Patch Adams

The world is full of smart, poor people. — Robert Kiyosaki

Some last words should never be said. — Mary E. Pearson

Managing up requires the mentee to take responsibility for his or her part in the collaborative alliance and to be the leader of the relationship by guiding and facilitating the mentor's efforts to create a satisfying and productive relationship for both parties — Anonymous

Let there be a time in the future, I prayed, when he laughs with his children, and plays on the shore with them, and spends all his nights in loving arms. Let us have that. To whom I was praying I did not know. The future was in our own hands. If we wanted a world where such things were possible, it was for us to make it. — Juliet Marillier

Oh, my goodness, Lord Dryden. You should have seen your face when you said the word work. It's not counted among the deadly sins, you know. — Julie Anne Long

By late autumn the yard would grow thick with fallen leaves, causing the landlady to heave many deep sighs. — Takashi Hiraide

They would erect great temples, and cities built of bone and sinew, and their foulness would spread like a cancer until finally, a hundred years from now, Mother Earth would be theirs. — Chris Wooding