Sethe And Beloved Quotes & Sayings

Princes give me sufficiently if they take nothing from me, and do me much good if they do me no hurt; it is all I require of them. — Michel De Montaigne

Rainwater held on to pine needles for dear life and Beloved could not take her eyes off Sethe. — Toni Morrison

What prince wouldn't make a country girl a little restless? Those eyes, that mouth, the broad chest, were a royal combination unlike any other. He only held power over her if she let him, though. He brushed his teeth just like every other person. Put on his shoes one foot at a time.
Prince Theo was just extraordinarily normal.
And she could handle him and her story.
Probably. — Robin Bielman

The threads of malice creeping toward him from Beloved's side of the table were held harmless in the warmth of Sethe's smile. — Toni Morrison

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold onto this illusion, even though he knows it's not true. — John Steinbeck

The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law. — Sonia Sotomayor

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions. — Anne Rice

It feels great to have your own views reflected back to you, and you feel so right, but actually it's very dangerous. Because to make good decisions, you need to have a clear view of what all the options are. — Eli Pariser

It is only in some corner of the brain which we leave empty that Vice can obtain a lodging. When she knocks at your door be able to say: No room for your ladyship; pass on. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Even if the woman who had my heart, my eternal love, didn't choose me, I could be there to help her rise from the ashes and once again be my sky. — J.B. Hartnett

Search for love, for it is the most important ingredient of life. Without it, you life will echo emptiness. With it, your life will vibrate with warmth and meaning. Even during any hardship, love will shine through. — Nikita Koloff

To reach Greenland, turn left at the middle of Norway, keep so far north of Shetland that you can only see it if the visibility is very good, and far enough south of the Faroes that the sea appears half way up the mountain slopes. As for Iceland, stay so far to the south that you only see its flocks of birds and whales. So, ROUGHLY PARAPHRASED, run the navigational directions in an Icelandic manual of the Middle Ages, — Peter Heather

Life's too slippery for books, Clarice; anger appears as lust, lupus presents as hives. — Thomas Harris