The Great Gatsby First Person Narrative Quotes & Sayings

At this time, it's all still proposed. — Howard Scott

Of course I knew what time you would get here, girl. Just as I know what time Goodfellow will knock over my nineteenth-century French mantle clock." Puck jerked up at this, bumping a table and sending a clock crashing to the floor. "To the second," the Clockmaker sighed, closing his eyes. — Julie Kagawa

The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, Oh, just let me enjoy the poem. — Robert Penn Warren

Everyone has a responsibility towards this larger family of man, but especially if you're privileged, that increases your responsibility. — Susan Sarandon

The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races. — Ruth Benedict

Skepticism is the elegance of anxiety. — Emile M. Cioran

True charity ought to begin in marriage, for it is a relationship that must be rebuilt every day. — James E. Faust

I have to be quiet while he's resting, although I don't know why he's so tired during the day. Sometimes I hear him shouting at night when he should be asleep. I thought Mummy would be happy when he came home but she still cries every day. — D. Knox

Sometimes you don't know when you're taking the first step through a door until you're already inside. — Ann Voskamp

Cast changes are a hard thing. For two years, we had this little family. We weren't together when these changes were decided upon. It all happened during our hiatus. — Victoria Pratt

But the truth is there's no such thing as a bad house - just a bad show. — Michael Riedel

Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent ... If you want to judge your progress, ask yourself these questions: Am I more loving? Is my judgment sounder? Do I have more energy? Can my mind remain calm under provocation? Am I free from the conditioning of anger, fear, and greed? Spiritual awareness reveals itself as eloquently in character development and selfless action as in mystical states. — Eknath Easwaran