Sonoritas Quotes & Sayings

On hers . . . a mess, the teacher had said, but she had already heard the other children exclaim over what she could see for herself. Magnificence, glory, all the things they weren't supposed to have. She woke up with tears still wet on her cheeks, and blinked them out of her eyes. Something vividly red swung in and out of view at the window. Dayvine trumpets, in the breeze - the vine on that side of the house must have grown a foot overnight. Barto had insisted on keeping the house free of vines; she lay there and felt a deep happiness work out from her bones at the sight of those flowers dancing in the sunlight. — Elizabeth Moon

Judge said, what you got in your defense son? Fifty-seven channels and nothing on. — Bruce Springsteen

After my first 'Sports Illustrated' cover, I felt terrible about myself for a solid month. People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. I'm not a toy; I'm a human. I'm not here to be used. — Kate Upton

The Excellence Manifesto #2

I will resist impatience.
I will resist deceitfulness.
I will resist bitterness.
I will resist ignorance.
I will resist foolishness.
I will resist pridefulness.
I will resist unrighteousness.

I will conquer laziness.
I will subdue indifference.
I will beat incompetence.
I will defeat averageness.
I will overcome fearfulness.
I will transcend weakness.
I will quash unproductiveness. — Matshona Dhliwayo

This is a book of raw flesh. — Helene Cixous

The filming of Shakespeare is always problematic, because he hates posing for the camera — Lenny Henry

Knowing where you are going is the first step to getting there. — Ken Blanchard

The idea of who my father is to me is very different than who he is to you, or to the rest of the world. — Ziggy Marley

The average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies. — H.L. Mencken

If there's any place where you would express your deepest doubts, it would be church. — Rob Bell

Parenthood is an amazing opportunity to be able to ruin someone from scratch. — Jon Stewart

There's a part of me that's convinced this everlasting war will end when I coax a smile out of that girl. — Rick Yancey

Eighty percent of love is smell. — Tom Robbins