Recollected Words Quotes & Sayings

It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval. — Graham Greene

Linus Lucas was fourteen years old, a number that made the spoons fall right out of our mouths. — Heather O'Neill

You'll never be happy if you can't figure out that loving people is all there is. And that it's more important to love than be loved. Because that is when you feel love, by loving somebody. — Gwyneth Paltrow

I love to feel glamourous. I love to have other women feel glamourous. — Daisy Fuentes

Ageing is inevitable, and the idea that we can be eternally youthful is the pitfall of our society. — Jennifer Grey

You can accomplish anything," she once told me, "as long as you are willing to let others take credit for it. — Alberto Villoldo

To mark the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, I wanted to launch an FDNY shirt that pays tribute to the brave first responders who, like my father, risk their lives in the line of duty on a regular basis. All of the proceeds raised from the sale of the T-shirt benefit the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund. — Mark Sanchez

The Yogi must always practice. — Swami Vivekananda

Grover yelped. "Percy? Are you . . . um . . ." Crazy. Insane. Off my rocker. Probably. But I watched as Luke grasped the hilt. I stood before him - defenseless. He unlatched the side straps of his armor, exposing a small bit of his skin just under his left arm, a place that would be very hard to hit. With difficulty, he stabbed himself. It wasn't a deep cut, but Luke howled. His eyes glowed like lava. The throne room shook, throwing me off my feet. An aura of energy surrounded Luke, growing brighter and brighter. I shut my eyes and felt a force like a nuclear explosion blister my skin and crack my lips. — Rick Riordan

I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people you are getting to know better every day, something is bound to happen. — Anne Lamott

Hope is believe in the word of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The technique of a mass movement aims to infect people with a malady and then offer the movement as a cure. — Eric Hoffer