Retrenched Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

There's always a story waiting to be read. A hero to fall in love with. A heroine to adore — J. Daniels

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. — George Eliot

It is the sincere horror of it that gets others motivated, so say Watson and Andrews; the dysfunction caused by the onset of depression may serve a useful function in that it is a device for the elicitation of altruism. — Andrew Solomon

I didn't want to be morose. I didn't want to recoil from everything — Sara Shepard

That is the idea I shall try to convey when I say that man is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, yet, in other respects is free; because, once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. The existentialist does not believe in the power of passion. He will never agree that a sweeping passion is a ravaging torrent which fatally leads a man to certain acts and is therefore an excuse. He thinks that man is responsible for his passion. — Jean-Paul Sartre

She sighed loudly. "Oh, Adrian. This is just like the time you brought home a neighbor's puppy and seemed surprised when you found out you'd have to feed it every day." "Hey," I retorted. "We've fed this little guy plenty of times. — Richelle Mead

The banknote without a signature at the bottom is nothing but a worthless piece of paper. A few strokes of a pen confer on it all its value. The prayer of a poor child of Adam is a feeble thing in itself, but once endorsed by the hand of the Lord Jesus it accomplishes much. — J.C. Ryle

Shut up! Do you think we're morons?" Michael kept his expression blank. Oh how badly he wanted to say "Yup. — James Dashner

Curiosity, like all other desires, produces pain as well as pleasure. — Samuel Johnson

Yesterday I heard - would you believe it? - Bizet's masterpiece, for the twentieth time. Again I stayed there with tender devotion, again I did not run away. This triumph over my impatience surprises me. How such a work makes one perfect! One becomes a "masterpiece" oneself. - And really, every time I heard Carmen I seemed to myself more of a philosopher, a better philosopher, than I generally consider myself: so patient do I become, so happy, so Indian, so settled ... To sit five hours: the first stage of holiness! - May I say that the tone of Bizet's orchestra is almost the only one I can still endure? — Friedrich Nietzsche