Petroski Tree Quotes & Sayings

The best cure for anger is delay. — Seneca The Younger

Would you like to hear a nice definition of jealousy? It's the feeling that you get when someone you absolutely detest is having a wonderful time without you. — William Peter Blatty

Why can't I believe? she asked the darkness.
Behind her eyelids she saw an animal. It was golden colour, with gentle green eyes and canine teeth, and curly wool instead of fur. It opened its mouth, but it did not speak. Instead, it yawned.
It gazed at her. She gazed at it. "You are the effect of a carefully calibrated blend of plant toxins," she told it.
Then she fell asleep. — Margaret Atwood

Just because the girl doesn't end up with the boy in the end - doesn't mean she ends up with nothing. Life's a gift. I just want to share yours, no matter how small the pieces that are shared may be. — Rachel Van Dyken

Daemon scratched his chest, his expression doubtful. "And how are we
going to get her to exert energy." Andrew grinned from across the room. "We could take her out to a field
and chase her around in our cars. That sounds fun. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

In times of difficulty, say to yourself, ' I will not give up, I shall prevail. — Lailah Gifty Akita

How we ask the question is extremely important to how we find the answer. — C. K. Prahalad

A warm body sighed in the darkness inside the little bright object balanced elegantly in the orbit of the moon. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Only education can empty the workhouses and prisons, the slums and rookeries. — Jennifer Donnelly

I think, tribalism is a mental prison ... and pride of identity coupled with arrogance is one of the leading factors that limit one's ability to abandon it. — Duop Chak Wuol

Be Chris LeDoux, Not Garth Brooks — Miles Anthony Smith

What truth do these people possess? What proof, damn it! A book of ancient fables? Promises of miracles to come? — Dan Brown

I do not wish to say that one should love death; but one should love life so magnanimously, so without calculating and selecting, that love of death (the turned-away side of life) is continually and involuntarily included - which actually happens invariably in the great motions of love, which are impetuous and illimitable. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week. — Sammy Cahn

Don't always worry about what your next line is supposed to be. There is no script. Live your life. Be in this moment. — Dick Costolo