Portugueses A America Quotes & Sayings

People see what they expect. Their minds are conditioned to smooth away the impossible until it's transformed to the probable. Seeing the truth requires patience and attention, and seeing the truth of a person is even harder. — Anonymous

Go ahead, make me mad, I'll just use you in one of my books. — Millicent Ashby

Who is this and what do you want?"
"Is that how you answer the phone to every number you don't recognize?" Ash demanded. — Sarah Rees Brennan

Feelings can be like wild animals-we underrate how fierce they are until we've opened their cage — Richard Paul Evans

Well, the English have no family feelings. That is, none of the kind you mean. They have them, and one of them is that relations must cause no expense. — Ivy Compton-Burnett

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Stupid people are dangerous. — Suzanne Collins

Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action. — Hudson Taylor

Everyone has been overjoyed with the birth of their first son, bringing celebratory sweets, new clothes for the baby, fennel tea to bolster her milk supply. They have showered on her all the traditional gifts, as if this is her first baby, their first child. What about the other times I've carried a baby in my womb, given birth, held my child in my arms?
But no one acknowledges this, not even Jasu. Only Kavita has an aching cavity in her heart for what she's lost. She sees the pride in Jasu's eyes as he holds his son and forces herself to smile while saying a silent prayer for this child. She hopes she can give him the life he deserves. She prays she will be a good mother to her son, prays she has enough maternal love left in her heart for him, prays it didn't die along with her daughters. — Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Rose to Rachel:
You cry you get angry then you do something about it. — Kim Harrison

His ironing seemed highly rational, with a constant speed that allowed him to get the best results, with the least effort; all the economy and elegance of his mathematical proofs performed right there on the ironing board. The Professor was definitely the best man for this job, we had to admit, since the tablecloth was made of delicate lace. — Yoko Ogawa