The Pact George Jenkins Quotes & Sayings

Hold on. I thought you were a vegetarian?" She swallowed. "No, I'm a don't-tell-me-what-to-do-atarian — Nicole Archer

On various occasions, especially in trying to think of western American history in the context of the worldwide history of colonialism, it has struck me that much of the mental behavior that we sometimes denounce as ethnocentrism and cultural insensitivity actually derives less from our indifference or hostility than from our clumsiness and awkwardness when we leave the comfort of the English language behind ... [V]enturing outside the bounds of the English language exercises and stretches our minds in ways that are essential for getting as close as we can to the act of seeing the world from what would otherwise remain unfamiliar and alien perspectives. — Patricia Nelson Limerick

Plate after plate sparkled under Glenda's hands. Nothing cleans stubborn stains like suppressed anger. — Terry Pratchett

There can be no darkness where I provide the light. — Marianne Williamson

I do not know if you bridle your pen, but when my pencil moves, it is necesary to let it go, or - crash! ... nothing more. — Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself. — Luciano Pavarotti

We'd been assured it wouldn't be painful, though she might experience 'discomfort,' a term beloved of the medical profession that seems to be a synonym for agony that isn't yours. — Lionel Shriver

In spite of all the tragedy and cruelty, all humans have a kind heart, great spirit, and an insatiable love for the humanity. — Debasish Mridha

It's not that I didn't want to - more than anything I did - but the idea of kissing her two feet from a box of obsessively well-preserved love letters from my grandfather made me feel weird and nervous. — Ransom Riggs

Even though we have lost yardsticks by which to measure, and rules under which to subsume the particular, a being whose essence is a beginning may have enough of origin within himself to understand without preconceived categories and to judge without the set of customary rules which is morality. — Hannah Arendt

God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in all things; and that man is not serving God aright, who can only serve Him in his own self-chosen way. — Johannes Tauler

The whole body reacts to color. If you were to walk into an all-neon-pink room, it would be difficult not to react. I think it is a unified, human thing to feel color with everything. It is like standing next to a bass speaker plugged into your eyeballs. — Jim Drain

The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children. — Toni Morrison