Tenhagen Gemological Laboratory Quotes & Sayings

Parents sat gloomy and still, like rows of turnips in a grocer's box. Their little criminals sat with them, tapping LOLs on their phones, or milled in the yard outside stinking of Lynx and taut nonchalance. Solicitors strode in and out in a twist of slacks and briefcases. — Lisa McInerney

A secret always has a strengthening effect upon a newborn friendship, as does the shared impression that an external figure is to blame: — Eleanor Catton

You are always going to get extreme views around coaches and players. — Rob Andrew

Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Englishmen - to be able to tell a good lie in answer to a charge. — Ford Madox Ford

a body betrayed
a heart destroyed
a mind in confusion
and yet a woman
is capable of taking pain
and transforming it into triumph — R H Sin

We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence. — Anne Fortier

Enter Dogberry and — William Shakespeare

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. — John Piper

Set before us the conduct of our own British ancestors, who defended for us the inherent rights of mankind against foreign and domestic tyrants and usurpers, against arbitrary kings and cruel priests; in short against the gates of earth and hell. — John Adams

The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility. — Vernor Vinge

He bursts out laughing. It's short, as if he regretted allowing me to make him laugh, but the satisfaction's already mine. — Melina Marchetta

Always listen to what people need rather than what they are thinking about us. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Telling a story is like trying to eat grapes with a fork. It's always trying to get away from you. And if you're a good author, and you've challenged yourself, and you're telling big stories, there's more and more that's trying to get away from you simultaneously. — Brent Weeks

We live in the same city but don't see the same things - you see buildings and I see memories ... — John Geddes