Pnins Tornai Quotes & Sayings

What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity. — Sun Tzu

very last answer which Paulet and Buckhurst were prepared to — Antonia Fraser

That sort of aloneness gives you goosebumps scurrying up your spine. It makes your scalp crawl. — Richard Laymon

He smiled as Will handled the flask gingerly. 'there's a glass bottle inside,but it's padded with straw and protected by the leather covering. It's quite safe. Just be careful how you handle it. — John Flanagan

I was determined to have a spotless house when I grew up. — Sam Taylor-Johnson

So for fifteen years she'd been hiding her love for a man who had been hiding his love for her. That meant she'd betrayed the man who loved her. — Brent Weeks

She began to fret about God's exact location. It was the Sunday-school teacher's fault: God is everywhere, she'd said, and Laura wanted to know: was God in the sun, was God in the moon, was God in the kitchen, the bathroom, was he under the bed? ... Laura didn't want God popping our at her unexpectedly ... Probably God was in the boom closet. It seemed the most likely place. He was lurking in there like some eccentric and possibly dangerous uncle, but she couldn't be certain whether he was there at any given moment because she was afraid to open the door. "god is in your heart", said the Sunday-school teacher, and that was even worse. If in the broom closet, something might have been possible, such as locking the door. — Margaret Atwood

My stomach didn't let me read, eat, watch TV, or surf the internet. — Al Macy

I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win. — Matthew McConaughey

One book: too much!
Many books: never enough. — Andrei Ludu

I think there was a lot competition in the rock scene. — Jonathan Davis