Tale Of Two Cities Sydney Carton Quotes & Sayings

I don't want to have to get the lesson of losing [things like health and moving about freely] to appreciate what it was. — Oprah Winfrey

I couldn't live without the genius of Stephen Sondheim, be it not just West Side Story,but Follies,Company,Sweeney Todd,Passion.You can go on and on. — Cornel West

When I was a little girl, I thought I was Sydney Carton in Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' I don't think anyone else did. — Amy Bloom

Being the first person to go to college that really related to me from the movie [The Butler] because being black and going to college everyone puts so much hope into you. — Lee Daniels

Julia never asked herself why bad things happen to good people, for she already knew the answer: bad things happen t everyone. Not that this was an excuse or a justification for wronging another human being. Still, all humans had this shared experience- that of suffering. No human being left this world without shedding a tear,of feeling pain,or wading into the sea of sorrow. Why should her life be any different? Why should she expect special, favoured treatment? Even Mother Teresa suffered, and she was a saint. — Sylvain Reynard

For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband. — Emily Giffin

I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

(John 11:25-26) — Anonymous

You can't be scared of death. When that time comes, it comes. — Sean Taylor

I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me. — Charles Dickens

You do see some people that can contort themselves all the way around, but they may have been practicing for years, they may be gymnasts or they may just be flexible. — Jayne Middlemiss

Being an opener is all about warming up the audience for the main band. That is always fun, pretty easy; there isn't a lot of pressure. — Tristan Prettyman

But it was the doctor's body, the sudden way he moved the folders on his desk, the way he moved back from Harmon, that Harmon would always remember. As though he had known what Harmon didn't know, that lives get knit together like bones, and fractures might not heal. — Elizabeth Strout

Reading to younger children has come to be more or less an accepted thing, but reading to older children or to a family group is done less today with all the other attractions taking the time. Reading to a group provides a unity, a cohesion, that is wonderful. It is common bond of interest. It brings up plenty of things for family talk and discussion. A child who has been read to shows results in his speech and wider experience with languages. And definitely, if the reading is of good books, it is the beginning of good taste in literature. — Phyllis R. Fenner

Just when you think you have life by the tail, it's likely to whip around and take a hunk outta your balls. — Lois Greiman

1. Don't think you can't write just because you can't write. No one is born knowing how to write. They learn how by trying.

2. Don't be discouraged just because you are discouraged. Everybody feels discouraged at some point when they're writing or trying to get published. You just have to keep going despite feeling like you can't.

3. Don't give up just because you gave up. You can always start again until you're dead. And even then...who really knows? — Jim Hardison

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up. — Marilyn Monroe