The Bloody Chamber Key Gothic Quotes & Sayings

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it. — Confucius

Great Britain would spend her last guinea to keep a navy superior to that of the United States or any other power. — David Lloyd George

From time to time
I once wondered how one wanders from time to time
And think up the paradox line
Speak of Epoch's crime
Oh I lied, it hasn't happened yet
But bet you better believe it's such a habit that
I just said that in a past mindset — Criss Jami

What a funny watch!' she remarked. 'It tells the day of the month, and doesn't tell
what o'clock it is!'
'Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. 'Does YOUR watch tell you what year it is?'
'Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: 'but that's because it stays the same year for such a long time together.'
'Which is just the case with MINE,' said the Hatter. — Lewis Carroll

The latest issue of GQ magazine, John Kerry talks about what a man should look for in a woman. GQ? If John Kerry is going to talk about what he likes in a woman, shouldn't it be in Fortune or Money magazine? — Jay Leno

CHAPTER XVI MR. GOTOBED'S PHILANTHROPY — Anthony Trollope

I suppose it seems ignoble to you that a great oak of a man should go about the world like a blind man about an empty house merely because a chit of a girl has been withdrawn from it. No, no, you cannot understand this, my adored one, but I understand and grow pale ... You will laugh at me, but I think he goes about the hemispheres to pass the time between now and his old age. — Thorton Wilder

Kids esteem themselves when they have accomplished something worth esteeming. — Fred Reed

The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves. — Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

You ended up hurting as well. That's pretty obvious." She leaned over and ruffled his hair. "Sucks when the spider falls for the fly. — Belinda McBride

There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It is why you where born and how you become most truly alive — Oprah Winfrey

It's shades of Vietnam again, folks: body counts. — Seymour Hersh

Our motto instead is, "Work - or do anything at all, so long as you do not pray, or even come to an awareness of your frailty." Turn up the noise. — Anthony Esolen