Research Paper Introducing Quotes & Sayings

This was better than looking through Tumblr posts of hot guys. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment's silence, "Perhaps more so. — Victor Hugo

Did he fight?"
"Yes, Sam. He fought very hard. He saved my life."
"But you hid"
"Yes." Crushing Bear against my stomach.
"Like a big fat chicken."
"Not like that," I whispered. "It wasn't like that. — Rick Yancey

In poetry, I have, since very young, loved poetry in translation. The Chinese, the French, the Russians, Italians, Indians and early Celts: the formality of the translator's voice, their measured breath and anxiety moves me as it lingers over the original. — Fanny Howe

Women often use large fake breasts like a gun, pointing the weapon at you in an attempt to garner the attention their father never gave them. — Dov Davidoff

I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut. — Eartha Kitt

I think I am the oldest member and have been in good standing longer than any other member of this church. — John Harvey Kellogg

It's a funny thing, character, the way it brands people as they age, rising from within to leave its scar. — Kate Morton

But the disposition to disagree, to reject and to dissent - however irritating it may be when taken to extremes - is the very lifeblood of an open society. We need people who make a virtue of opposing mainstream opinion. A democracy of permanent consensus will not long remain a democracy. — Tony Judt

Isn't that what a good story does? It pulls you in and never lets you go. — Jennifer Donnelly

Even if i'm setting myself up for failure, I think it's worth trying to be a mother who delights in who her children are, in their knock-knock jokes and earnest questions. A mother who spends less time obseessing about what will happen, or what has happened, and more time reveling in what is. A mother who doesn't fret over failings and slights, who realizes her worries and anxieties are just thoughts, the continuous chattering and judgement of a too busy mind. A mother who doesn't worry so much about being bad or good but just recognizes that she's both, and neither. A mother who does her best, and for whom that is good enough, even if, in the end, her best turns out to be, simply, not bad. — Ayelet Waldman

The first time I almost died was surfing: I got hit on the head with a board. I went under and started swimming until I hit the bottom of the ocean. I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm going the wrong way. Do I have enough air to get back up?' If you're a surfer, you know the feeling. — Robert David Hall

But when she turned her back to the lights, she saw that the night was so dark ... She could not see the stars. The world felt as high as the depthless night sky and deeper than she could know. She understood, suddenly and keenly, that she was too small to run away, and she sat on the damp ground and cried. — Shannon Hale

You must bring great resolve to your work. It's not all a bed of roses. — Douglas Conant