Preferments Gate Quotes & Sayings

But it was better to know of it than to see it in its daily monotony. — Daisy Goodwin

I believe there are steps we can take to mitigate - even eliminate - many of these sources of distress, but they aren't easy. They require practice, discipline, and perhaps a new way of thinking. On the other hand, each of these steps will bring its own rewards. — Barry Schwartz

Now that I think of it, she looked splendid. I wish I had met her somewhere else. I wish I had appreciated her as she deserved. I wish that everything had gone differently. — Alice Munro

There was nothing she would ever change about him , except for who he thought she was. — R.J. Groves

You want a blood relative to lead your army? Get Marcie. She likes ordering people around. She'll be a natural. — Becca Fitzpatrick

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too. — Walt Alston

My mother had fought to hold on to her belief that she lived in a good country. She was shocked and saddened to realize how corrupt and pitiless North Korea had become. Now she was even more convinced that she couldn't let her daughters grow up in such a place. We had to get out as soon as possible. — Yeonmi Park

You saved Dad's life. If anyone's got the right to eavesdrop on him, it's you. — J.K. Rowling

My childhood was full of deep sorrows - colic, whooping-cough, dread of ghosts, hell, Satan, and a Deity in the sky who was angry when I ate too much plumcake. — George Eliot

Where humanity sowed faith, hope, and unity, joy's garden blossomed. — Aberjhani

I survived on sandwiches, and I was on stage every night for six years of my life. I was working 16 hours a day between class, rehearsal, being on stage. — Thierry Mugler