Petulia Wikipedia Quotes & Sayings

Liya's letter threw her parents — Ha Jin

A prisoner lived in solitary confinement for years. He saw and spoke to no one and his meals were served through an opening in the wall. One day an ant came into his cell. The man contemplated it in fascination as it crawled around the room. He held it in the palm of his hand the better to observe it, gave it a grain or two, and kept it under his tin cup at night. One day it suddenly struck him that it had taken him ten long years of solitary confinement to open his eyes to the loveliness of an ant. — Anthony De Mello

Robert Redford, ha ha! He's a very attractive man and I'm not. Or Noel Edmonds, as he's a friend of mine and knows me well. — Tony Blackburn

Banks need to have large shareholders on the board that have a direct interest in their performance. — Mian Muhammad Mansha

If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world. — Elaine S. Dalton

I would shake the world until its teeth rattled if that was required to have it spit out an answer. — Mark Lawrence

Intentions do not insulate us from the consequences of our actions. — Jon D Harrison

Love is not controlling your loved ones' behavior. Love knows that since the people you love share the same universal consciousness, they will access their truth in time. — Cloris Kylie

I didn't like his tone. In fact I didn't like boys' tone when they knew they were hot and tried to be rude to girls because they knew they were hot. — Luella Christie

The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries. — Daisaku Ikeda

In the time of to Augustine, the conversation in the West mostly had been a Christian reaction to outside ideas. After Augustine, the Great Conversation would be about his ideas for centuries. — John Mark Reynolds

Didn't Frankenstein get married?"
"Did he?" said Eggy. "I don't know. I never met him. Harrow man, I expect. — P.G. Wodehouse

But for her there was no possibility of a clear conscience, merely the weak absolution of honesty, of confession.
She could not buy into the cycle of sin and penance. She would always remember what she had done, and it would always sting. She would not be washed clean. — Sonja Yoerg

Write like you're in love. Edit like you're in charge. — James Scott Bell

Always quit for the day when you know what you want to do next. — Ernest Hemingway,