Smugness Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

Before the sparrow arrived, you had almost stopped thinking about flight. Then, last winter, it soared through the sky and landed in front of you, or more precisely on the windowsill of the covered balcony adjoining your bedroom. You knew the grimy window panes were caked with dead ants and dust, and smelt as sour as the curtains. But the sparrow wasn't put off. It jumped inside the covered balcony and ruffled its feathers, releasing a sweet smell of tree bark into the air. Then it flew into your bedroom, landed on your chest and stayed there like a cold egg. — Ma Jian

I say haven't we had enough of just tossing our children in jail? Make them do community service, I say! — Jacquel Chrissy May

You have to have diamonds in your soul to be happy. — Cathryn Constable

From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for — Rumi

Sometimes doubting your first thought, will cost you more for going with your second thought. — Pontius Joseph

The thing about a mom is that she's always there. She's the one who rubs your back when you have the flu, who manages to notice you have no clean underwear and does your wash for you, who stocks the refrigerator with all the foods you love without having to ask. The thing about a mom is that you never imagine taking care of her, instead of the other way around. — Jodi Picoult

I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative. — David Levithan

Welcome to the free world. We give people the power to choose. They can even choose the wrong thing. Beautiful, isn't it? — Lauren Oliver

As we each began our journey, we learned the importance of connecting, of laughing with one another (not at one another), of sharing our lives. — Sharon E. Rainey

Well, it is written, two out of three ain't bad." "Where is that written?" "Dalmatians 9:7, I think - doesn't matter, no one else could have done what you did. — Christopher Moore

When I finished grad school, I sort of fell into journalism. Someone mentioned that there was an entry-level job at the Reuters News Agency. I applied, and, to my amazement, I got the job. — Wolf Blitzer

The beginning is the promise of the end. — Henry Ward Beecher

New York is about success. Boston is about resentment. — Mike Barnicle

Misfortune simply is. And when you wall it off, you do not have a clear conscience, because perhaps you are supposed to dedicate all your efforts and all your attention to it. And all you can say in your own defense is 'I want to live. — Czeslaw Milosz