Skabood Quotes & Sayings

People are like books, unknown until they are opened. — Richard Paul Evans

In their own way, Tom Robinson's manners were as good as Atticus's — Harper Lee

I'm never going to tell the reader what to believe; I'm going to examine these characters that believe different ways, and examine their motives. — Barbara Kingsolver

If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more areas of our lives are workable. AS we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others-what and whom we can work with, and how-becomes wider. — Pema Chodron

There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain. — Gus O'Donnell

Or maybe they had always been breaking down but we didn't notice until someone stopped fixing them. — Cheryl Julia Lee

Each drop of my blood will be an immortal flame in your conscience and will uphold the sacred will to resist. To hatred I reply with pardon, and to those who think they have defeated me, I reply with my victory. I was a slave to the Brazilian people, and today I am freeing myself for eternal life. But this people, whose slave I was, will no longer be slave to anyone. My sacrifice will remain forever in their souls and my blood will be the price for their ransom. I fought against the exploitation of Brazil. I fought against the exploitation of her people. I have fought with my whole heart. Hatred, infamy and slander have not conquered my spirit.I have given you my life. Now I offer you my death. I fear nothing. Serenely I take my first step towards eternity and leave life to enter history. — Getulio Vargas

Dance has become an exclusionary enterprise. To participate, one must be thinner than thin, of pleasing form, flexible, athletic and young. If you are not all these things, you will be allowed to dance in the privacy of your own living room. You just wouldn't dare to put yourself onstage. — Clive Barnes

Myth is truth which is subjective, intuitive, cultural and grounded in faith. — Devdutt Pattanaik

Tell him what? a voice inside her asked. Tell him you've fallen for a penniless reporter whom you barely know? That's a brilliant idea, Jo. As soon as you've told Bram, you can tell your mother. I'm sure she'll be delighted. — Jennifer Donnelly

A-well-a, splish, splash, I forgot about the bath, I went and put my dancing shoes on. — Bobby Darin

No man should tell a lie unless he is shrewd enough to recognize the time for renouncing it, if and when it comes, and knows how to renounce it gracefully. — Rex Stout

If he could smell the pre-spice mass, that meant the gasses deep under the sand were nearing explosive pressure. — Frank Herbert

And you asked why people always expected you to smile in photographs. And I told you it was because they hoped that in the future, there would be something to smile about — Pleasefindthis