Rasen Sokou Quotes & Sayings

Most people can't stomach silence; it provides too much opportunity to think about things they prefer to avoid. — Ann Aguirre

In spite of this, our table's status on the Oronsay continued to be minimal, while those at the Captain's Table were constantly toasting to one another's significance. That was a small lesson I learned on the journey. What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever happens at the head table, held together by familiar rhetoric. Those who already have power continue to glide along in the familiar rut they have made for themselves. — Michael Ondaatje

Our club captain Gary Neville's been out for a year now, but Giggsy has taken up the mantelpiece — Rio Ferdinand

I myself have always disliked being called a "genius." It is fascinating to notice how quick people have been to intuit this aversion and avoid using the term. — John Lanchester

CHAPTER LVIII THE TWO OLD LADIES — Anthony Trollope

She walked away from him, and as he watched her go, he found that the terrible weight in his stomach seemed to have lessened slightly. The — J.K. Rowling

I'm not leaving you. Not going it alone. Not looking at the memory of you everytime I close my eyes. — Charles Martin

The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within. — Guru Gobind Singh

If she would work he wouldn't have to keep her in the house. She wouldn't be crazy, and she could tell him to go to hell. Did you ever think about that, my brilliant daughter? That maybe she's crazy because she can't tell him to go to hell? When a woman can't tell a man to go to hell, I have noticed, she is often crazy. — Vivian Gornick

It was not like the old days and they both knew it. They were weighed down by the awareness of their failed relationship, of the wasted years, of the feelings that were no more, of the shared life that had unravelled. They were like weary receivers winding up a bankruptcy; all that remained was to tie up the loose ends and settle the final claims. (Black Skies) — Arnaldur Indridason