Rentes Genevoises Quotes & Sayings

They sat as if the weight of the world had in this minute been lifted from them both and left them dumb with surprise. But this lasted only for the moment. Arthur held her murderously tight, as if to vanquish her spirit even in the first short contest. But she responded to him, as if she would break him first. It was stalemate, and they sought relief from the great decision they had just brought upon themselves. He spoke to her softly, and she nodded her head to his words without knowing what they meant. Neither did Arthur know what he was saying; both transmission and reception were drowned, and they broke through to the opened furrows of the earth. — Alan Sillitoe

Matheus thought he ranked fairly high on the scowling index, but looking at Zeb made him realize how much more he had to learn. Whole volumes of misanthropy were written into the eyebrows alone. — Amy Fecteau

But I lived in that moment - my life became beautiful again for those few seconds when our hands grazed. — Sarah J. Maas

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover. — Ben Harper

You know, you can try and plan [filming] as much as you want, but you get there on game day and you get thrown a curve ball, I guess, hey, the game plan goes out the window. You've got to adapt. — Michael B. Jordan

It's disappointing when you finally get to meet someone you admire and he conducts himself as a jerk. — David Letterman

The artist's quest is to succeed in combining and balancing all compositional attributes and physical elements into those that are purely spiritual. That is the secret of art. — Edward J. Fraughton

Because even though you're dating five other women, I think I'm cheating on you. — Kiera Cass

In friendship, as well as in love, the mind is often the dupe of the heart. — Lord Chesterfield

There are widows who long for friendly voices and that spirit of anxious concern which speaks of love. — Gordon B. Hinckley

It never stops me from saying what I want to say about Ethiopia, the fact that a tour company is paid for me to go there. Book reviewers don't pay for the books they review. — John Gimlette

Adventure is something that happens to someone else. When it's happening to you, it's only trouble. — Gerald Morris

We have the Google family calendar. Before a week starts, my wife and I sit down to decide who's driving who to school or when can we go out on a date. — Michael Lewis