Shrove Tuesday Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

To use the term 'clerk' as an insult is simply a banal vulgarity; Pessoa and Svevo, however would have welcomed it as a just attribute of the poet. The latter does not resemble Achilles or Diomedes, ranting on their war-chariots, but is more like Ulysses, who knows that he is no one. He manifests himself in this revelation of impersonality that conceals him in the prolixity of things, as travelling erases the traveller in the confused murmur of the street. — Claudio Magris

Our stories always contain average, ordinary people. They are the most unsuspecting victims of all. — D.J. Weaver

Tavish could tell he was being sized up. And by the narrowing of Joseph's eyes, he recognized Tavish's intent as well. They stood, eyeing one another for several long and silent moments. Tavish had not intended to pursue Katie in the least. Now, it seemed, he had a rival. Joseph Archer was infuriatingly difficult to read. Was it confidence that kept him so at ease? Joseph did have the advantage. Katie lived in his house. He could see her, talk to her every day. Joseph was wealthy, with the air of class and money about him. Tavish had none of those things. And though Katie had warmed to him a bit, he didn't yet feel she'd entirely shed her wariness of him. — Sarah M. Eden

Patients with various other types of movement disorders may also be able to pick up the rhythmic movement or kinetic melody of an animal, so, for example, equestrian therapy may have startling effectiveness for people with parkinsonism, Tourette's syndrome, chorea, or dystonia. — Oliver Sacks

heavy demolition unit. — Annie Groves

I've never had paparazzi follow me and I rarely get recognised. I dress like a tramp when I'm not working. My hairdresser calls me the Romanian window cleaner. That's just the way I am. — Katie Melua

Work would be terribly boring if one did not play the game all out, passionately. — Simone De Beauvoir

Gettin rubba band on the low money
Niggas hate but all the bros wanna fuck me
I got money — Wiz Khalifa

If I have an iPod, I'm good. — Breckin Meyer

There was little Hiroko Tanaka hadn't learnt about the shameful resilience of the human heart. — Kamila Shamsie