Pleats In A Face Quotes & Sayings

The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing. — Solomon

Everyone who observes himself doubting observes a truth, and about that which he observes he is certain; therefore he is certain about a truth. Everyone therefore who doubts whether truth exists has in himself a truth on which not to doubt ... Hence one who can doubt at all ought not to doubt the existence of truth. — Saint Augustine

There are a few things that even sarcasm can't protect you from. — Diana Peterfreund

Friendship may sometimes step a few paces in advance of truth. — Walter Savage Landor

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of course no one accused the old woman of being a witch. But she was foreign. Her words percolated up the tunnel of her throat , espresso-thick and strong. Bad weather had eroded her face. Some believed that the sun had crisped her skin into coriaceous pleats. Others blamed the chaw of a wintry climate. No one knew where she came from, though lots of people privately thought that perhaps she ought to go back. — Carys Bray

In the end, all I remember is that while my lawyer went on talking, I could hear through the expanse of chambers and courtrooms an ice cream vendor blowing his tin trumpet out in the street. I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys: the smells of summer, the part of town I loved, a certain evening sky, Marie's dresses and the way she laughed. The utter pointlessness of whatever I was doing there seized me by the throat, and all I wanted was to get it over with and get back to my cell and sleep. — Albert Camus

I sound like a sulky teenager, don't I?" "You're more angsty than Edward Cullen on a sunny day." Their laughter filled the car, releasing the ball of nervousness that churned in her stomach during the ride. No matter what she did, there would be a fight. Resigned, Mel took a deep breath. — Carrie Ann Ryan

We're all born idiots, and we only get over that condition as we get less young. — Jonah Goldberg

Like any dissidents they were neurotic archivists. Agree, disagree, show no interest in or obsess over their narrative of history, you couldn't say their didn't shore it up with footnotes and research. — China Mieville

One of the CNN guys was literally yelling. How can you say that? It's too dangerous for us? We still have people in Syria! — Jack McDevitt

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me. — Joseph Epstein