Theyve Adapted Quotes & Sayings

I looked at him, at his unshaven profile, the wisps of dark hair curling out from under his dark wool hat, the empty coffee cup forgotten in his hand. He was a mass of contradictions. It struck me that I was taking life lessons from a five-six semiretired burglar whose boyfriend, not twentyfour hours earlier, had executed a man against a brick wall. My life, I reflected, was taking some strange turns. — John Connolly

I think we are all cats with nine lives, or even more. We must rejoice in our elusive catness. — Joyce Carol Oates

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life. — Kate DiCamillo

You'd never know that listening to people in the UN but tribalism is the father of racism. — Stanley Crouch

It gets embarrassing to say something untrue because you put it online and everyone knows about it, so it's better to tell the truth. — Prince

By staying true to yourself, you keep your energy high and clear, and you provide inspirational role modeling for other healers and helpers. Integrity toward yourself is a gift to the world. — Doreen Virtue

I'm not good at dialogue. I'm not good at holding a mirror up at a real world. I'm not good at believable characterisation. — Jim Crace

Suffer little children and come unto me. — Evita Peron

You are usually in a different universe," she said, "one that revolves about you. The Peninsula was full of rude, blustering officers who believed other people had been created to pay them homage. I always thought they were merely silly and best ignored. — Mary Balogh

Bad enough to be ill, but to feel compelled to deny the very thing that, in its worst and most active state, defines you is agony indeed. — Sally Brampton