Staintons Ocean Quotes & Sayings

Wasn't she a good person? She felt a dim awareness of something almost shameful about the way she'd lived her life. Wasn't there something closed off, even small-minded and mean, about the way she cut herself off from people, ducking down behind the convenient wall of her shyness, her social anxiety? When she sensed the overtures of friendship, she took too long to respond to phone calls and e-mails, and eventually people gave up, and Tess was always relieved. — Liane Moriarty

When you see a roadside marker, take in what it tells but also ask, how might this be wrong? One giveaway is the use of qualifying phrases introducing statements of fact, as in: "According to tradition..." or "According to the legislature..." Visitors can count on the rest of such sentences to be unsubstantiated. — James W. Loewen

She had come into the garden expecting summer roses and had instead been caught in a bank of twisted, thorny, frostbitten vines. — Nenia Campbell

In 1992, with the weight of a perceived world on our shoulders, we disappeared into a parking garage to write the songs that would change the course of our lives forever. 'Siamese Dream' represents all of our dreams coming true, while the dreams of a happy band fell apart. — Billy Corgan

Time is the deepest wilderness in which we wander. — Christopher Cokinos

I glanced up at Zay, then walked over to stand next to him.
"You look good with a baby in your arms," he murmured.
I took his hand, careful with his fingers that were still wrapped in tape.
"Don't get your hopes up, Jones. I'm not the settling-down type."
"Want to bet on that?" he asked.
"Sure." I made a fist; so did he. We pumped three times.
I threw paper. Zayvion threw scissors.
I'd lost. Startled, I looked up at him. "Two out of three?"
Zay grinned. So did I. — Devon Monk

But you can not compare Yao's stats to mine. You just can't compare it and I am playing everyone one-on-one. — Shaquille O'Neal

Man is a central creature between the animals, that is to say, the most perfect form, which unites the traits of all in the most complete epitome. — Johann Gottfried Herder

Aside from the nagging, he's the most entertaining hallucination I've ever had. — Kirsten Miller

My music is fun, kind of cheeky. — Kesha

Writing about women's sexuality is very scary for me because I'm always afraid I'll get it wrong. — Dan Chaon

He who has no pleasure in looking up, is not fit so much as to look down. — Washington Allston