Scotian Isle Quotes & Sayings

If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts. — Julian Fellowes

I know because I was also broken as a child and forced to become a wicked conniving selfish manipulating monster in order to protect the fragile love-hungry girl who would have been destroyed by the life I had to lead. — Orson Scott Card

My kids will be needing me a lot when they hit their teens. If I know anything about being a teenager. I need to be braced to be spending a lot of time with all six of them and making sure I can be there for when they go through everything. — Angelina Jolie

I don't believe in death. I think it's just a state of mind. — Val Kilmer

Show people your stuff, listen carefully to their responses, but ultimately don't value anyone's opinion above your own. Be influenced by writers you dislike as well as writers you like. Read their stuff to figure out what's wrong. Find a balance between the confidence that allows you continue, and the self-critical facility that enables you to improve. Get the balance wrong on either side, and you're screwed. — Alex Garland

World needs a new order of modern economy. — Toba Beta

And most of all, I wanted to my Kash. I wanted to be wrapped in his arms in our bed. I wanted to go back to the night of the whipped cream war, and beg him to stay home with me so none of this would happened. I wanted to a way to tell him I was okay. I wanted to know that I was going to see him again. And I wanted to know if he was trying to find me. — Molly McAdams

She's a parasite I can't seem to get rid of. Like a bad case of financial diarrhea. — Dee Burks

It is not merely the truth of science that makes it beautiful, but its simplicity. — Walker Percy

I just get the feeling that if Jesse Helms was in charge of art in America, you'd go into a museum and see nothing but prints of dogs playing cards. — Elayne Boosler

Do ya, now?

Jaxson Ryan — T.L. Alexander

My eyes roved over the walls covered with my collages and prints of famous paintings. Magritte, Kandinsky, Kahlo. My origami shapes hung from fishing wire, dangling over my bed. They shivered in the slight breeze blowing through my open window. It was my own little escape pod, but none of it was enough tonight. — Heather Demetrios

If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie. — Hal Sparks

I love being an author. I love actual writing, and I love communicating with children. And it keeps me young. — Eve Bunting

I'm not particularly fond of kissing strange men-contrary to popular belief. — Madonna Ciccone