Provocando La Quotes & Sayings

It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood. And I stood in the morass among the tall and the rain fell upon my head-and the lilies sighed one unto the other in the solemnity of their desolation. — Edgar Allan Poe

Gender preference does not define you. Your spirit defines you. — P.C. Cast

Books are reason to get up in the morning. — Nina Sankovitch

And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?" — Maya Angelou

All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch mob. — Edward Abbey

You have more power than you know, Samantha. You just have to be brave enough to realize it. — Adriana Mather

When you judge other people without wanting to know the true story behind their actions, is usually when there is something inside of you that is so broken that if you found out what you believed about them was a lie, you wouldn't want to accept it or make amends. — Shannon L. Alder

The beliefs expressed in the Declaration of Independence remain a standard for our nation today. They also remain a standard for those nations across the globe striving to achieve democracy. — Paul Gillmor

Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible. — Charles Baudelaire

Violet sniffed and shot him a haughty look. "I should not be so quick to mock me, my son. I merely point out the truth. You should be down on your hands and knees thanking your maker every day that you don't have to marry an heiress. Most men don't have the luxury of free will when it comes to marriage, you know."
Anthony just smiled. "I should be thanking my maker? Or my mother?"
"You are a beast."
He clucked her gently under the chin. "A beast you raised."
"And it wasn't an easy task," she muttered. "I can assure you of that."

-Violet & Anthony — Julia Quinn

How many pages have I produced? I don't care. Are they any good? I don't even think about it. All that matters is I've put in my time and hit it with all I've got. All that counts is that, for this day, for this session, I have overcome Resistance. — Steven Pressfield

There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. — Lance Armstrong

I love Decatur. It is diverse, politically progressive, family oriented and I can walk everywhere. — Emily Saliers