Pecent Quotes & Sayings

She had fallen asleep with her head on his arm, the clockwork angel, still around her throat, resting against his shoulder just to the left of his collarbone. As she moved away, the clockwork angel slipped free and she saw to her surprise that where it had lain against his skin it had left a mark behind, no bigger than a shilling, in the shape of a pale white star. — Cassandra Clare

The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame. — Franz Grillparzer

Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 pecent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversation. — Grantland Rice

Life is full of crossroads, Alex. Full of choices. There are many paths we can take. It's up to us to decide which ones lead in the right direction. — Lynette Noni

I tend to view my life as an accident, almost as a dream. — Eileen Myles

I'm saying it isn't a matter of stoping the clock, but of making it run backward. And for that, the clock will need to be broken. — Cassandra Clare

Although humans today remain more capable than machines for many tasks, by 2030 machine capabilities will have increased to the point that humans will have become the weakest component in a wide array of systems and processes. Humans and machines will need to become far more closely coupled, through improved human-machine interfaces and by direct augmentation of human performance — Werner J. A. Dahm

...painfully curious...about how it feels to fall. — Marya Hornbacher

Every honest man lives for himself. Every man worth calling a man lives for himself. The one who doesn't - doesn't live at all. — Ayn Rand

Beautiful, delightful, noble, memorable, as is the world, I yet am well content in my shady crevice. — Christina Rossetti

Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to fight it. But when I fought it, the creative process was interrupted, so I ended up going with it. If I'm ever accused of being derivative of my heroes then I would take that as a compliment. I like staying close to the roots of my influences. — Dale Watson

I don't just talk to the dead. — Sylvia Browne

A town without a book shop was a town without a heart — Veronica Henry