Single Handedly Putting Quotes & Sayings

When there's lightning, don't stand alone or think you'll be protected by hiding in the trees. Find the nearest ditch and lie as low in it as you can. — Patricia Cornwell

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention. — Fridtjof Nansen

Outside the gates the spectacle seemed tame in comparison; for the road bent toward Pontesordo, and Odo was familiar enough with the look of the bare fields, set here and there with oak-copses to which the leaves still clung. As the carriage skirted the marsh his mother raised the windows, exclaiming that they must not expose themselves to the pestilent air; and though Odo was not yet addicted to general reflections, he could not but wonder that she should display such dread of an atmosphere she had let him breathe since his birth. He knew of course that the sunset vapours on the marsh were unhealthy: everybody on the farm had a touch of the ague, and it was a saying in the village that no one lived at Pontesordo who could buy an ass to carry him away; but that Donna Laura, in skirting the place on a clear morning of frost, should show such fear of infection, gave a sinister emphasis to the ill-repute of the region. — Edith Wharton

There was cold sunlight outside the window. — James Joyce

Making an issue of a little thing is one of the surest ways to spoil happiness. — Myrtle Reed

Most of the people I've encountered are looking not for a religion to answer all their questions but for a community of faith in which they can feel safe asking them. — Rachel Held Evans

Trust is tough. Once trust has been broken by multiple people on multiple occasions, believing in anyone or anything becomes increasingly difficult. Much of the skepticism of our world can be traced back to broken trust. — Dillon Burroughs

Lie to me. she whispered. I love you. he said. — Stephenie Meyer

I remembered my father's speech about what Jack was capable of and wasn't; he'd said, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MUCH JACK LOVES YOU. I thought about all the girls he'd stopped loving; it was like he had a timer, and at a certain point it buzzed. — Melissa Bank

Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you. — Franz Kafka

Gentlemen you had my curiosity ... but now you have my attention. — Quentin Tarantino

She had a weakness for running.
I had a weakness for her. — Amber Lynn Natusch

You never judge a day by the weather! — Zig Ziglar