Startlescan Quotes & Sayings

I think we need to always mimic reality in our fiction. I think that we can stir things up and reveal a truth beneath the surface in that way as well. — Christopher Rice

That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches. — Leonardo Da Vinci

It is a law, of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on us. — Pierre Corneille

Those gifts and talents, which are incorporated in you and have not yet been implemented, make your potential — Sunday Adelaja

His life was forever a chess game played on a roulette wheel. He'd had to take precise, informed, ball-dropping gambles to get where he'd been. — Debra Anastasia

I think sometimes it is difficult to look after ourselves,' he said, thoughtfully. 'We look to friends to do it for us. — Erika Swyler

In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal. — Loretta Young

In life, you either choose to be a powerleess victim or one of the choosen ones, who now has the power to understand the pain of others. — Linda Alfiori

For he who is a corrupter of the laws is more than likely to be a corrupter of the young and foolish portion of mankind. — Plato

What is she?" I asked him. He paused and considered my question. "She's a bitch. A horrible, horrible bitch." He looked down at her and laughed. "But she's my bitch. — Robyn Peterman

We have much in common, whether Jew, Muslim, or Christian, only God can judge among us. And yet the church sows dissention and bloodshed. — Helen Bryan

Without death, life would have no boundaries and our days would not be so precious. My mother was a firm believer in the common sense of nature. — Bernadette Pajer

Connoisseurs think the art is already done. — John Constable

We have an idea - a very modern idea - that dying is undignified. But I think this is because we have the illusion that we can control our bodies and our fates. — Meghan O'Rourke

Honoria clung to him, her heart and mind racing. What did she want of this? A moment of tumbled passion, a few nights of escape from dreariness of her life? or more?
Someone to love her. Someone to hold her on his arms, to tell her that she was the center of his world. Some one to trust. Someone to love back. — Bec McMaster