Poshly Quotes & Sayings

life may end, but memories last forever — Frank

But the uproar this caused was nothing compared with the uproar when Katronia noticed [Rosie] had also cut her eyelashes. Various negotiations (including, finally, such desperate measures as "supposing you ever want to eat again") eventually produced the grudging promise that, in return for Katronia keeping her hair cut short, she would leave her eyelashes alone. — Robin McKinley

But in the dark now and no glow showing and no lights and only the wind and the steady pull of the sail he felt that perhaps he was already dead. He put his two hands together and felt the palms. They were not dead and he could bring the pain of life by simply opening and closing them. He leaned his back against the stern and knew he was not dead. His shoulders told him. — Ernest Hemingway,

I think that the tying of the Montenegrin economy with the euro is a much better option than the adventure of printing our own currency. — Igor Luksic

The senior wizards of Unseen University stood and looked at the door.
There was no doubt that whoever had shut it wanted it to stay shut. Dozens of nails secured it to the door frame. Planks had been nailed right across. And finally it had, up until this morning, been hidden by a bookcase that had been put in front of it.
'And there's the sign, Ridcully,' said the Dean. 'You have read it, I assume. You know? The sign which says "Do not, under any circumstances, open this door"?'
'Of course I've read it,' said Ridcully. 'Why d'yer think I want it opened?'
'Er ... why?' said the Lecturer in Recent Runes.
'To see why they wanted it shut, of course.'
This exchange contains almost all you need to know about human civilization. At least, those bits of it that are now under the sea, fenced off or still smoking. — Terry Pratchett

I can take care of myself, but it helps if I don't have to fight so much - pg 11 — Afdhere Jama

It breaks my heart because there are some parts I know I would have the right spirit for, and I just don't get them because I have an accent. — Salma Hayek

Dying was such an elegant way to leave a relationship. No infidelity, no boredom, no long, complicated conversations late into the night. No "She's still single, I hear." No running into each other at parties and weddings. No "She's stacked on the weight" or "She's showing her age." Dying was final and mysterious and gave you the last word forever. — Liane Moriarty

Trust-fund baby. Jet setter. Poshly accented mechanic. She hadn't quite figured him out. — Terri L. Austin

There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside. — Zhang Ziyi

Every kid wants approval, but my desire to be well liked was central to my personality. — Mindy Kaling

Dynamic capability is the ability to reconfigure your organization in the way that has the effect of increasing its variety. — Pearl Zhu

I've always felt that I'm in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way. — Al Michaels

Look, the life of gnomes and goblins is nasty, brutish and short. So are they. — Terry Pratchett