Slingsby Firefly Quotes & Sayings

Seeing the funny side of life is useful, and I've always had a sense of humour. — Henry Allingham

I wished that love could be simple, that it was always given and returned in the same measure, equally and at the same time, that all the planets aligned in a perfect way to dispel all doubts, that it was easy to understand and never painful. — Mary E. Pearson

The best reason to take your time is that this time is the only time you'll ever have. — Edward M. Hallowell

If you've been working since you were a teenager and working at a reasonably decent level, then you don't expect that you're going to be firmly in your 40s and start moving up in the world, if you like. — Ben Mendelsohn

The funny thing about murder is that the act is often committed decades before the actual action. Something happens, and it leads, inexorably, to death many years later. A bad seed is planted. It's like those old horror films from the Hammer studios, of the monster, not running, never running, but walking without pause, without thought or mercy, toward its victim. Murder is often like that. It starts way far off. — Louise Penny

Cheese is good. And Britain, despite the grumblings of the French and the outrage of the Swiss, not to mention some plucky challenges from Italy, Austria, and Spain, has some of the best cheese in the world. We're world leaders in cheese. — Nick Harkaway

I wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts. — John Malkovich

For heartsickness of the unending variety, befriend a dove. Do not catch it, not even so that you can set it free. Just get down on the ground with bread crumbs on your chest and wait for it to find you interesting. — Ramona Ausubel

I guess our fate is up to us now. And we've
been there before, of course. There's something quite comforting
about it in a strange way. We've learnt a few things. We know we've
got a few things going for us. A bit of imagination, a bit of guts
sometimes, a bit of spark. — John Marsden

I can and will improve the world.
I will smile, show kindness, and be grateful.
I refuse to be unhappy. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way. — Bjork

Distance creates love — Deepak Rana

This one sank deep into her marrow and made her heart soar like the shuttles piercing the stratosphere. — Katherine McIntyre

My greatest struggle is to coexist while watching the people I love choose less than life-supporting paths via drugs, alcohol, or poor lifestyle decisions. There is so much to life; my heart breaks watching someone held captive by addiction. — Mike Love

Love is love, wherever you may find it - even when it's covered in feathers. — Alan Bradley