Taconic Quotes & Sayings

When I wrote to him, I wanted my letters to be sprightly, trivial, indifferent. In spite of myself, I imbued them with my love. I would have liked to make it seem powerful, sure of itself and sure of me, but I infused it, despite myself, with all my anxiety. — Jean Genet

The journey of learning the secret language of dreams is fascinating and well worth the effort. — Pamela Cummins

Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both. — Philip Pullman

Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech. — Sara Blakely

It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present. — Richelle E. Goodrich

All the hundreds of millions of people who, in their time, believed the Earth was flat never succeeded in unrounding it by an inch. — Isaac Asimov

I made a deal with the devil.
I sold my soul for vengeance. — Selena Kitt

Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine:
A tenth is Sappho, maid divine. — Plato

A genuine teacher does not seek to impress you with their greatness, but instead to impress upon you that you possess the skills to discover your own. — Charles F. Glassman

I've attended seven schools in ten years," I explain. "So you can rest assured I know you. You're the girl who thinks being cruel is the same thing as being witty. You think being loud is the same thing as being right. And, most of all, you're the girl who is very, very pretty. And also very, very ... common. trust me. There's at least one of you in every school." I watch her features shift. "Oh. Wait. Did you think you were unique? — Ally Carter

Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints. — William Osler