Skagrants Quotes & Sayings

You were her friend?" he asked. "You liked her?" I told him Ella was the best friend I ever had. He paused again, and I feared he would say she died. But he finally answered that he believed her to be well and married to a rich gentleman. He added, " She is happy, I think, She is rich, so she is happy." Without thinking, I blurted, "Ella doesn't care about riches." Then I realized I'd contradicted a prince! " How do you know?" he said. I answered, "At school everyone hated me because I wasn't wealthy and because I spoke with an accent. She was the only one who was kind." "Perhaps she's changed," he said. " I don't think so, your Highness. — Gail Carson Levine

Phantoms of thought and memory thinned and fled. — Siegfried Sassoon

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. — John Ruskin

It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too. — Kathie Lee Gifford

Joy is a perception of elation which keeps us moving with life. — Debasish Mridha

Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption. — Rita Mae Brown

It's Officer, actually. Where are you — Michael Connelly

Space is what stops everything from happening in the same place. — Arthur C. Clarke

A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential. — Tony Abbott

Here I am on the shore of Brittany. Let the cities light up in the evening. My day is done. I am leaving Europe. The sea air will burn my lungs. Lost climates will tan me. I will swim, trample the grass, hung, and smoke especially. I will drink alcohol as strong as boiling metal
just as my dear ancestors did around their fires. — Arthur Rimbaud

I think morale is the hardest part, not comparing yourself to someone else. I think everyone compares themselves to someone more successful than they are. Everyone does it. You have to embrace your own rocky path. — Mary Harron

Knowing what you are doing while you are doing it is the essence of mindfulness practice. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

I may have mentioned patience wasn't one of my virtues. Actually, I didn't have many virtues but patience definitely wasn't one of them. — Kristen Ashley