Posiadam Quotes & Sayings

Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools,
The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare; more apt
To slacken virtue and abate her edge
Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise. — John Milton

Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it. — Michael Bloomberg

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence. — Victor Hugo

I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't. — Samuel Barber

started feeling real sorry for everybody, even though they were screaming and acting silly. I thought about how much work it was to have fun, and how brave we all were for going to the trouble, since the easiest thing would be to just moan and cry and bite the walls, because we're all going to die anyway, sooner or later. Isn't that sad? I saw how every human life is a story, and the story always ends badly. — David Sedaris

Susanna, I'm not exactly sure how to begin. Where to start. I know I was in the wrong by not telling you sooner, but I was in an incredibly tight spot."
She crooked her brow.
"I'm still in an incredibly tight spot?"
She nodded. — Caroline Fyffe

O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend. — Robert Louis Stevenson

They told me my family had come. I followed the staff person to the visitor's room to find my father and my younger brothers had come. To be honest, I did not recognize any of them. I greeted them, and then just looked at them. My father also stared at me. He asked me if I knew him, and I told him that I did not. He asked me where my home was, and I told him it was in Atiak. My father asked me again, "What is your father's name?" I told him, "My father's name is L. Marcellino." He asked me, "What was your father doing at the time you were abducted?" I replied that my father was a veterinary doctor. He then said, "I am your father. The person you are talking about is me." I began to cry. My father also started crying. I was confused; I did not know for sure if this was my real father. We cried for almost an hour before my brothers told him, "Dad, if you continue to cry, Evelyn will not stop crying." When — Evelyn Amony

I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect. — Jo Nesbo

She slammed the book closed, ran to her bed, gathered her stuffed animals up in her arms, started chewing on her blanket, and cried for a while, considering the question of trolls. — Neal Stephenson

Darkness descends to eclipse the Light
Death will take the lives of many, sparing no one.
In deaths of the Doomed, Light shimmers:
The Light that will set the Beholder free. — Ivan Amberlake

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well. — Lawrence Welk

God, his heart could be loud sometimes, loud as if it had its own will, its own logic, its own voice. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

I've got to be by trees, otherwise I get claustrophobic. — Liam Gallagher