Pembrook Cards Quotes & Sayings

I think that unless you grew up in New York or Chicago or Los Angeles, you're sheltered. — Jordana Brewster

I wasn't alone in my belief that good writing can be simultaneously intoxicating and idea-driven. — Stephen King

no matter how many times you move or how big and fancy your house gets, you're still stuck with yourself. — D.M. Pulley

I don't know why men like to barbecue so much. Maybe its the only thing they can cook. Or maybe they're just closet pyromaniacs. — Cecelia Ahern

The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer. — David Guterson

It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives. — Francis Bacon

A young mark twain on the make: I can't turn in inkstand into Aladdin's lamp. — H.W. Brands

Each memory rips through me, and although I stow myself against the emotions, I can't prevent the pain that accompanies each image. Pain for a love never acknowledged, pain for a friendship now gone. Pain for a loss I can't possibly endure. — Christine Fonseca

There were several meals at which it snowed food and rained drink, as hobbits say. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Damn, woman, you feel so good.' [Master] said hoarsely — Red Phoenix

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse. — Arthur Wellesley

Frank Sinatra did 'Born Free', Tony Bennett did 'Walkabout,' but you have no control over who does what, really. So you just hold yourself responsible for the stuff you do, and then get filthy rich on all this stuff that other people have done. — John Barry

A major part of our inquiry, then, must be to look at the emerging Christian movement and to ask: what caused it? Even if our eyewitnesses disagree in detail, something must have happened. — N. T. Wright