Sprentz Quotes & Sayings

You want to know the secret to raising good kids?"
"What's that? asked Thomas.
"High expectations."
Thomas laughed. "Alright, well what's the secret to a happy marriage?"
Clyde smiled back, but his face started to fall, and he chose his words carefully. " ... Low expectations. — Chris Nicolaisen

Demons never die quietly, and a week ago the storm was a proper demon, sweeping through the Caribbean after her long ocean crossing from Africa, a category five when she finally came ashore at San Juan before moving on to Santo Domingo and then Cuba and Florida. But now she's grown very old, as her kind measures age, and these are her death throes. So she holds tightly to this night, hanging on with the desperate fury of any dying thing, any dying thing that might once have thought itself invincible. — Caitlin R. Kiernan

Everyone has darkness inside them, however hidden. — Marie Lu

Self-reinvention is an essential trope of the American project, closely linked to another such trope: going on the lam. Both are regularly featured in movies and novels and suchlike. Criminals and persons loitering with and without intent hold a crucial place in the culture. For obvious reasons, the culture cannot endorse this behavior, even as it is in thrall to it. — Luc Sante

Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence. — Kingsley Amis

You're a good one, Jackie Fierro," they said. "And that makes the world a dangerous place for you. — Joseph Fink

We were halfway through our first joint when we heard Tom's footsteps coming down the stairs.
'Shhhh ... Shhhh!'
The footsteps approached my door.
Silence.
And then a piece of A4 paper appeared under my door.
Neither of us said a word as I crept over and picked it up. It was a drawing of two stick men, each with a massive joint in their hand. And written underneath were the words 'Rule Breakers'. — Dougie Poynter

The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace — M. Scott Peck

You're not making my mistakes, Bella. You sound like you're scared silly, and I'm guessing it's because you're afraid of me. — Stephenie Meyer

The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion. — Germaine Greer

The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary. — Vanessa Paradis

I am a lineman for the county. — Glen Campbell

Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention. — Joaquin Phoenix