Perlines Quotes & Sayings

I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major areas and describe what is done in each area. This will be called The Ultimate Field Trip. — Christa McAuliffe

Only the broken heart has the ghost of a chance to grieve, to forgive, to long, to transform.
Christina Baldwin, author of Life's Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice, 1990. Used with author's permission — Judith-Victoria Douglas

Whoever makes an attempt on a man's life, on a man's liberty, on a man's honour inspires us with a feeling of horror in every way analogous to that which the believer experiences when he sees his idol profaned. — Emile Durkheim

Having outlived so many of my contemporaries, I ought not to forget that I may be thought to have outlived myself. — James Madison

Yesterday I wanted to turn inside out. — Jonathan Safran Foer

When I was done with high school, I knew that music was really important to me and I knew I didn't want to be a cellist, but I wasn't really sure if I wanted to be a composer, or think about - I was just interested in the ideas behind music, I was interested in mathematics. — Tod Machover

Effective readers, even at their earliest levels, read in five to seven word phrases rather than word by word. — Richard Allington

I am a writer who has written about the life of my people, the character of my people. What I can say is that the greatest hero of the Brazilian novel is the Brazilian people. — Jorge Amado

If you can't sleep, count sheep. Don't count endangered animals. You will run out. — Mitch Hedberg

The less one knows about oneself, the more one enjoys talking about oneself — Guy Finley