Pliant Synonym Quotes & Sayings

He was feeling a new heresy coming over him, possibly as a result of the spirits, and it had something to do about the celibacy of the clergy. He had one already about the shape of his tonsure and the usual one about the date of Easter, as well as his of Pelagian business-but the latest was beginning to make him feel as if the presence of children was unnecessary. — T.H. White

I see so little of you these days; your presence is as rare as that of one's discarded mistress. — Charlie Chaplin

I stood in the wind and tried to get through the moment. — Anchee Min

I always think it's a good policy to like the people who like you. — David Sedaris

Theater helps people keep sane. — Vanessa Redgrave

And once, a sophomore English teacher, Mr. Watts, found out that one of his students had spent the past eight class periods carving an elaborate design into his desk. The "artwork" read: "Mr. Watts and Dickens sucks dick." Mr. Watts confronted the carver, telling him, "That's wrong!" Then Mr. Watts took the knife and crossed out the last s in sucks. "This sentence has two objects," he explained. "You need to conjugate the verb differently." And he handed the knife back. — Flynn Meaney

Pale sky, white land; like somewhere past the end of the world — Rinsai Rossetti

How can we make sure we wind up behind the right door when the going gets tough? The answer is: craftsmanship. — Robert C. Martin

I've thought about it more than a thousand times. It was a thousand times worse, so I suppressed it, I suppressed it to death. The moment that I heard that Meahri was leaving, I thought the world was ending because at that moment, I was full of regret. I was avoiding, not thinking, and pretending it wasn't what my heart was hoping for earlier. I'm sorry, because I've made Meahri cry so many times. I'll do well. I'll take care of her forever. Tae-sang, this is my first and last request of you. Just this once, forgive me. — Yoon Sang-hyun

I let myself feel good for no reason. I let joy happen right there and then, and it's inside me and around me, it's the lights on the road ahead, the clean black of the night, the cold air coming through the window. It's like hearing a song for the first time and being struck by it, haunted by it, wanting to hunt it down and catch it, because the song sums up something you didn't know you wanted to say, giving you chills and goose bumps. But even as you find out what it's called, and you're thinking you'll download it, you've already lost. Because the feeling was right then and there and it's already fading like a dream.
You just have to see those times for what they are: a chance to look down at your life. And when you do, you see it's a skin made up of shiny little moments. — Kirsty Eagar

When Dad died in 1998, it really hit my confidence - he'd helped me write and he thought I was really funny, but since he'd died I didn't feel right. And it felt like no one but me even remembered him. — Dolly Wells

I'm a fighter as a mother. I'm fighting to be a mother, but I cannot say no to my passion because it's me, as well. — Juliette Binoche

I'm pea green with envy — Sylvia Day

To learn how to swim, observe fish.
To learn how to hunt, observe lions.
To learn how to work, observe bees.
To learn how to live, observe sages. — Matshona Dhliwayo