Primeiros Povos Quotes & Sayings

The really destructive feature of their relationship is its inherent quality of boredom. It is quite natural for Peter often to feel bored with Otto - they have scarecely a single interest in common - but Peter, for sentimental reasons, will never admit that this is so. When Otto, who has no such motives for pretending, says, "It's so dull here!" I invariably see Peter wince and looked pained. Yet Otto is actually far less often bored than Peter himself; he finds Peter's company genuinely amusing, and is quite glad to be with him most of the day. Often, when Otto has been chattering rubbish for an hour without stopping, I can see that Peter really longs for him to be quiet and go away. But to admit this would be, in Peter's eyes, a total defeat, so he only laughs and rubs his hands, tacitly appealing to me to support him in his pretense of finding Otto inexhaustibly delightful and funny. — Christopher Isherwood

In addition to exploring imaginative worlds, I believe that young people should have access to reading material that validates their life, that gives them a sense of identity - to be able to read texts that chimes with their own world, corrals thoughts, and connects with the emotional conflicts of growing up. — Theresa Breslin

Your greatest chance of happiness lies in creating for yourself a library as soon as is possible - Mr Bennet — Emma Campbell Webster

Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done. — Katey Sagal

Money will not make you happy, and happy will not make you money. — Groucho Marx

The serendipitous nature of hypertext links is just brilliant for a curious mind. I love it. — Thomas Watson Jr.

I'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring. — Daniel Radcliffe

Sometimes the space between knowing what to do and actually doing it is a very short walk. Other times it is an impossible expanse. — David Levithan

There is always a chance to get even and I'm proud of the fact that for all the blows I always got back up again. That's what makes me most content. — Luis Suarez

An oldtimer is a person who's had many interesting experiences, some of them true. — Bob Gilluly

It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person. — Halsey