Tenterhooks Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

It was the oldest sound there was. Souls flying away. — Sue Monk Kidd

I write back to all the soldiers who write to me and send them posters and calendars. — Brooke Burke

The constitution did indeed guarantee freedom of speech, but the laws punished anything that could be considered an attack on state security — Milan Kundera

Especially as I was an old friend, or at least I was a person she had known for a long time, which after a certain point is almost the same thing ... — Julian Fellowes

When I remember thee in days to come, O Jerusalem, it will not be with pleasure. The musty deposits of 2,000 years of inhumanity, intolerance, and uncleanliness lie in the foul-smelling alleys ... The amiable dreamer of Nazareth has only contributed to increasing the hatred ... What superstition and fanaticism on every side! — Theodor Herzl

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man thinking or working will always be alone, let him be where he will. — Henry David Thoreau

I've become more conservative about sex as I've gotten older. — Erica Jong

Decency" is a very old-fashioned word that conjures up a standard of behavior that has largely disappeared from the world. — Amazon Digital Services

Maybe we try too hard to be remembered, waking to the glowing yellow disc in ignorance, swearing that today will be the day, today we will make
something of our lives. what if we are so busy searching for worth that we miss the sapphire sky and cackling blackbird. what else is missing?
maybe our steps are too straight and our paths too narrow and not overlapping. maybe when they overlap someone in another country lights a candle, a couple
resolves their argument, a young man puts down his silver gun and walks away. — Naomi Shihab Nye

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action. — George Pierce Baker

I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE
AND TELL EVERYONE
ABOUT ...
THE REAL WAR ON WOMEN
ON YAZIDI GIRLS & WOMEN — Widad Akreyi