Tatev Stepanyan Quotes & Sayings

So what did it matter where she came from? Who-or what-her parents were? Everyone's family was messed up in some way including my own. And she was still the same Ariane. - Zane, page 400 — Stacey Kade

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special. — Nick Johnson

It was the story of her life and probably how she had survived this long: with a little talent and a lot of flair. — Fannie Flagg

She shouldn't have. She knew it. But her love for him was new, and her love for herself was old, and she was all she'd had for so very, very long. — Lauren Groff

A man goes through many changes in 2000 meters. Some are not very pretty. Some make you hate yourself. Some make you wonder if you've been rowing for only three or four days. To avoid that fate, we prepared for all possibilities. If a meteor landed 10 feet off our stern, we would not blink. [We] Would be aware, yet impassive, to the outside world. Every ounce of energy would be funneled into the water, and not wasted by looking around, worrying about opponents, wondering about things that didn't concern our primary goal-to be the first across the finish line. — Brad Alan Lewis

Africa is the future. — Youssou N'Dour

The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury, therefore, as it increases our wants, increases our capacity for happiness — Oliver Goldsmith

And how did we
then face the odds,
of man's rude slapstick,
yes, and God's?
Quite at home and unafraid,
Thank-you,
in a game
our dreams remade. — Kurt Vonnegut

I always try to be a reliable friend. — Diego Boneta

Your friend will argue with you. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Prayer is meeting with God. It's checking in, saying I am here, You are here. It is the present moment. — J.R. Rim

Every time something pops in my head, I think twice about it and I do it anyway. — Gilbert Gottfried