Selgate Quotes & Sayings

He had the dog on a lead and he was still managing to be a boy with a dog and the dog was still managing to be a dog with a boy because not even a bomb gets to wipe out everything, — Jeanette Winterson

It was like somebody had sprinkled fairy dust on the whole city," said Cheryl Bertelli, one of Maud's delirious patrons. — David Talbot

Wonder - the enthusiastic ardor for the sublimity of being, for its worthiness to be an object of knowledge - promises to become the point of departure for genuine insight only where it has reached the stage in which the subject, overwhelmed by the object, has, as it were, fused into a single point or into nothing ... like the movement of hope and love toward God, which is genuine and selfless only where it has assumed the attitude of pure worship of God for his own sake. — Hans Urs Von Balthasar

We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it. — Jim Barksdale

When someone wants to give you a "piece of their mind," ask them to give you "peace from their heart" instead. — Molly Friedenfeld

There are so many opportunities to see the sun go down in the evening and the sun come up in the morning. The colors change on the trees, on the snow. I'm surrounded by people who are friendly and helpful. — Burt Shavitz

Neither had any desire for talk; the glow and glory of existing on this perfect morning were satisfaction full and sufficient — Kenneth Grahame

Money out of nothing is money that is eventually worth nothing. — Llewellyn Rockwell

Post-traumatic shock,' said Shaun. 'He thinks he's a boa constrictor. — Mira Grant

I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery. — Eric Cantona

We are living now.
We shall not live long.
No one should tell us we shall live again.
This is our little while.
This is our chance. — Susan Glaspell

It doesn't really matter. Here goes nothing. It will be interesting to see what happens. — Sloan Wilson

It was a time for reflection. Jebel had regained some of his vitality and was mildly excited to be closing in on Tubaygat. But he was troubled too and often fell to studying Tel Hesani, trying to imagine himself driving a knife into the Um Kheshabah's chest or slitting his throat.
It had been easy in the beginning. Tel Hesani was a slave, fit only for execution. Now Jebel considered him a friend. Could he brutally end the older man's life and send him to the hold of Rakhebt Wadak's boat?
Jebel knew that he must, or the quest would have been for nothing, but he wasn't sure that he could. He prayed to the gods to steady his hand when the time came, but he didn't think they were listening. In a strange sort of way, he almost wished they weren't. — Darren Shan

Blues are the songs of despair, — Mahalia Jackson

Have you ever noticed that negotiation forms are nearly always activity-based? Maybe you've already covered the basics. "Oh, I want to be spanked" or "I want you to tie me up." But have you explained what emotional state you are trying to cultivate here? Is the dominant looking to feel a sense of absolute power? Control? A level of sadism? Is the submissive looking to feel controlled? Ashamed? Humiliated? Degraded? — Princess Kali