Spetuna Quotes & Sayings

Prayer is an end to isolation. It is living our daily life with someone; with him who alone can deliver us from solitude. — Georges Lefebvre

Remember the Hottentots?" asked James. "They've become the Khoi now, which means that the Germans will have to retire that wonderful word of theirs, Hottentotenpotentatenstantenattentater, which means, as you know, one who attacks the aunt of a Hottentot potentate. — Alexander McCall Smith

Marriage is to family what legs are to a table. — Betty Jane Wylie

We'll build a fortress to keep them out
And in a world gone silent, I'll be your sound
And if they try to hurt you, I'll tear them down
I'm always with you know — Emma Hewitt

Most problems have either many answers or no answer. Only a few problems have one answer. — Edmund Berkeley

What most Americans don't realize is a lot of the challenges we're struggling with today are the result of conscious housing policies. — Cory Booker

Even now, you think only in terms of the game. You are well chosen, little bird. Or are you a stoat?" Madame Spetuna bent forward, looking even harder at Sophronia's palms. She was close enough for Sophronia to feel the woman's breath on her skin. "Give your heart wisely." She paused a long time over one particular wrinkle. "Oh, child, you will end the world as we know it." Madame Spetuna swallowed and then turned Sophronia's hands over and placed them, palm down, on the table. She leaned forward, pressing them into the tablecloth as though she might rub out what she had seen. — Gail Carriger

The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one would care. — Kevin Mitnick

We'd fight so much less if everyone would just sit down and read. Gifford's — Cynthia Hand

When I went to the cinema as a boy, when I saw a war film, I thought the general was the star, and that Cary Grant was an extra. I had no idea about the structure of film, but I loved going to the cinema. — Nicolas Roeg

You, my child, will marry well. More than once." ( ... ) The lady retrieved the cards and shuffled them back together into one stack in an attitude of dismissal.
Taking this as a sign her fortune was complete, Preshea stood. Looking particularly pleased with life, she passed over a few coins and gave Madame Spetuna a nice curtsy.
Mademoiselle Geraldine was fanning herself. "Oh, dear, oh, dear, Miss Buss. Let us hope it is widowhood and not" - she whispered the next word - "divorce that leads to your multiple marriages."
Preshea sat and sipped from a china cup. "I shouldn't worry, Headmistress. I am tolerably certain it will be widowhood. — Gail Carriger

What counts is to be in the world, the posture is immaterial, so long as one is on earth. To breathe is all that is required. — Samuel Beckett

You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time. — Dan Aykroyd

It was our third game in five days. It seemed to have an impact on us. — David Blatt

I never wanted to give up. I thought I might have to. Especially at the beginning when chimpanzees had never seen a white person before.They gave one look at me and ran away! They were scared, but eventually I got their trust. — Jane Goodall

Anger you have locked up in you, and that's healthy. I just think you could be a little more judicious — Jonathan Tropper

1I smiled bitterly, a defeated man pitifully begging a God in whom he had never trusted. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon