Swimming To Elba Quotes & Sayings

Very often when we have found ourselves forever separated from what we had intended to achieve, we have already, on our way, found something else worth desiring. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Arthur found himself staring down at the knife embedded in his foot. There was a surreal split second before the blood started to well up and then up it came, dark and thick as syrup.
Arthur looked at Jake and saw that he was staring at the knife. His expression was one of surprise, and this was something that Arthur wondered about later too. Was Jake surprised because he had never considered the possibility that he might be a less than perfect shot? Did he have that much confidence in himself, that little self-doubt?
Or was he merely surprised at how easy it was to give in to an impulse, and carry through the thought which lay in your mind? Simply to do whatever you wanted to do, and damn the consequences. — Mary Lawson

When you're recording to tape, you usually just settle for what you have. There's not a lot of options to manipulate the performance. — Dave Grohl

I swore i could feel my lies slithering inside me like snakes, wrapping themselves around me and constricting. i felt they were squeezing the air from my lungs, tightening around my heart. — Alexandra Adornetto

Even five minutes spent in silence will nurture and revive your soul and spirit. — Doreen Virtue

The Spanish league is fantastic, but it has not the great passion the English Premiership has got. — Michael Owen

I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals. — Kesha

I didn't know what to say to her - I was caught in a love triangle with one dead side. — John Green

The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We can speak any language we want at the dinner table, but English is the language of public discourse, or the marketplace and of the voting booth. — S.I. Hayakawa

The prime minister says he has a vision for change, well put that to the people of the country. — David Cameron

Different days pass verdict on different men, and only the last day a final verdict on all men, and consequently no day is to be trusted. — Anthony Doerr

Only a man who has his health, a full stomach and wears clean clothes would ever entertain the notion of tracking down the greatest lost city on Earth. — Tahir Shah