Shenfield Library Quotes & Sayings

I pull an arrow, whip the notch into place, and am about to let it fly when I'm stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. And it's so bizarre, even for Finnick. — Suzanne Collins

Bal," she whispered, her forehead resting against his chest as the seconds counted away. "The only power I'd wish for is the power to turn back time. — Alison Sinclair

Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs
which we ignore in the belief that they possess no deeper significance. Yet it is precisely in their being regarded as unimportant that they take on importance. For in them we ritualize and dramatize attitudes which contradict and often embarrass the sacred values which we proclaim through our solemn ceremonies and rituals of nationhood. — Ralph Ellison

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. — Socrates

I'll make love to you in all good places, under black mountains and open spaces. — Jethro Tull

Getting lost just means not understanding. — Hilary Thayer Hamann

Knowledge is power is time is money. Meaning that if I shared knowledge, it would tantamount to sharing power or money. — Robert Thier

I never wanted to hate you. Not ever. You did this. — Elizabeth Finn

We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings. — F.H. Bradley