Shenelle West Quotes & Sayings

Ninth graders with machine guns: its hard to make that a happy story. — Michael Grant

Sailors approaching the coast in a fog can recognize the Santa Barbara Channel by the smell of bitumen which floats on the water. — Caroline C. Leighton

Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person. — Immanuel Kant

To preserve his life, should a man pay everything that gives it color, scent and excitement? — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

So once the zookeeper realized it was the monkeys who stole the bananas, he knew there was only one way he'd be able to get them back."
"How?" I whispered. My throat was so sore.
"Don't talk. He had to beat them in shuffleboard, of course."
"What?"
"I said don't talk. Monkeys love shuffleboard."
He used a page from a homework assignment he'd failed and a stack of quarters to make a shuffleboard court. I watched the monkeys and the zookeepers have their showdown while I sipped the last of my applejuice.
"Need more?" Graham asked me without looking up, when my straw skidded against the dry bottom of the box.
"Uh uh."
"You're supposed to drink juice."
"I just drank some."
"More, though."
I shook my head.
"Drink more juice or the monkeys are going to kill you. The only thing they love more than shuffleboard is beating up dehydrated sick boys. — Hannah Moskowitz

There is more to marriage than four bare legs under a blanket. — Robertson Davies

I was wondering."
"What?"
"If it's uncomfortable."
"If what's uncomfortable?"
"Having your head that far up your ass."
"You're a real comedian today, Lawson."
"You're making it easy for me. — Samantha Young

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods. — Louisa May Alcott

I would be better at my job if I were technical. — Sheryl Sandberg