Pre Reading Skills List Quotes & Sayings

It's funny how people who we fight with the most at the end of day are the ones that really got your back. — Jasmine V

The aim of the sculptor is to convince us that he is a sculptor; the aim of the orator, is to convince us that he is not an orator. — G.K. Chesterton

If you want to live where people are not afraid of mice, you must give up living in palaces. — E. Lockhart

Keep in touch, consistently, personally, and systematically. — Timothy L. Templeton

If this mentality has so pervaded our decision making, then it stands to reason that it is also affecting our search for a romantic partner, especially if it's going to be long-term. In a sense, it already has. Remember: We are no longer the generation of the "good enough" marriage. We are now looking for our soul mates. And even after we find our soul mates, if we start feeling unhappy, we get divorced. — Aziz Ansari

The process of grief and loss is as unique as your personal DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid); no two individuals will have the same experiences or relationship to grief. — Asa Don Brown

Don't annoy your readers by over-explaining--by telling them something they already know or can figure out. Try not to use words like "surprisingly," "predictably" and "of course," which put a value on a fact before the reader encounters the fact. Trust your material. — William Zinsser

It was not her fault that when he went to her he was already over — Ernest Hemingway,

I've heard other gay people say when they were growing up they felt 'foreign.' Growing up, I was able to label these feelings as: 'I'm a Protestant.' It wasn't until I left, I thought: 'Oh, those weren't Protestant feelings.' — Graham Norton

Sir, when two people have the extraordinary quality of this state, words are not necessary. Where that quality of love exists, words become unnecessary. There is instant communication. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Cruor pectoris mei, tutela tua est!
Blood of my heart, protection is thine! — Kami Garcia