Sirabella House Quotes & Sayings

I spent many, many hours in ... libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. — Arthur Ashe

And the stories she'd been told, were they confessions of uncommitted crimes, accounts of the worst imaginable, imagined to keep fiction from becoming fact? The thought chased its own tail: these terrible stories still needed a first cause, a well-spring from which they leaped... Were these inventions common currency, as Purcell had claimed? Was there a place, however small, reserved in every heart for the monstrous? — Clive Barker

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. — Edward Sapir

They felt their cruelties had no implications. They excluded me with no sense of scale. I at least knew my importance. — Louisa Hall

My past behaviour makes me cringe. — Denise Van Outen

That's what friends are for," Sheba said.
"I don't know what they're for," I told her.
"So that we don't get out of our depth," Mouse said. — Ronald Frame

Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all. — Elif Shafak

Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation. — Tony Robbins

Riegger's Dichotomy sounded as though a pack of rats were being slowly tortured to death while, from time to time, a dying cow moaned. — Walter Abendroth

Trust those you love, and that love you in return," she said. "It will hurt more if they betray you, but at least you'll still know joy." - Zusa — David Dalglish

All the pre-made sauces in a jar, and frozen and canned vegetables, processed meats, and cheeses which are loaded with artificial ingredients and sodium can get in the way of a healthy diet. My number one advice is to eat fresh, and seasonally. — Todd English

Leash: n, a means by which animals, formerly running wild, are prevented from running tame, also. — Robert Breault

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music. — Maria Mitchell

There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable ... in large part, because so many of them can be leveled against the federal government of the United States. — P. J. O'Rourke

Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers. — Alex Gibney