Sweet Briar Quotes & Sayings

Sweet-briar and southern-wood, jasmine, pink, and rose have long been yielding their evening sacrifice of incense: this new scent is neither of shrub nor flower; it is - I know it well - it is Mr. Rochester's cigar. — Charlotte Bronte

We all have our own song as we glide in and out of one another's dance, yet amazingly everything seems to flow as if it were all choreographed from the start. — Cristen Rodgers

And as for your hair!it's worse than ever.Can't you drench it in water to take those untidy twists and twirls out of it?'
'It only makes it curl more and more whey it gets dry,' said Molly, sudden tears coming into her eyes as a recollection came before her like a picture seen long ago and forgotten for years-a young mother washing and dressing her little girl; placing the half-naked darling on her knee, and twining the wet rings of dark hair fondly round her fingers, and then, in ecstasy of fondness, kissing the little curly head. — Elizabeth Gaskell

Something potent, something that fused them together, that made her beginning entwine with his end, passed between them. He'd marked her his.
And she didn't want to fight it. — Robin Bielman

Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life. If Bill Gates had got laid in high school, do you think there'd be a Microsoft? — Greg Giraldo

But it seemed to Tristan as though an ardent briar, sharp-thorned but with flower most sweet smelling drave roots into his blood and laced the lovely body of Iseult all round about it and bound it to his own and to his every though and desire. — Joseph Bedier

Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do. — Gregory Maguire

Not so, however, with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them to-day, speaking the same words, holding forth the same cheer, the same promise, the same comfort; always constant, laughing with those who laugh and weeping with those who weep. — Eugene Field

On the weekends. He'd mentioned a place called Sweet Briar where he met other scientists. She felt the trailer's absence — Barbara Kingsolver

It takes courage to begin something, but it can take even more to end it. — Marie Forleo

They who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers — Brigham Young

Finnick looks at Johanna and raises his eyebrows. He will not go forward without her. — Suzanne Collins

What happened?" I asked. "They shot you with a manticore spine. Who the fuck owns a manticore? Why would anyone actually decide they want to keep one of those ugly fuckers?" "I feel we're getting off topic here," I reminded him. "What. Happened?" "Right, well you went to sleep and they dragged us all down here, but Ellie here woke up. Tore some guy's arm off before they subdued her. By that point Alan and I had woken up, and they gave us all a kicking. Still, she tore some guy's arm off, which was pretty badass of her. If we find it, and then find him, can we beat him to death with it?" I stared at my fox friend for a moment. "I'd rather use something more . . . stable for bludgeoning someone to death, but sure, why not? — Steve McHugh

If you still use the word "I" to identify and represent yourself,
that explains why you still use less than 20% of brain capacity. — Toba Beta

Jesus was a pacifist. — Chris Hedges

The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget. — Mark Dayton

When we travel down the path of life, we have so many forks, so many choices, but we have no idea where each path will take us. But there are times when we can look across the abyss and see where we might have been, had we taken the other path. But we cannot go back; we cannot change our past. We can only wonder about the path not taken and continue on the path that we have chosen. — Frank Karkota