Thomas Schell Sr Quotes & Sayings

When a man puts on a Character he is a stranger to, there's as much difference between what he appears, and what he is really in himself, as there is between a VIzor and a Face. — Jean De La Bruyere

America has made it very clear in several administrations that if there is an attack by China on Taiwan, the United States is very likely to resist. — Henry A. Kissinger

I had the conviction that lovemaking fools you. The overpowering emotions it induces make you think you're sharing the same feelings as the other person and that they're imagining the same as you. — Greta Scacchi

And that's why I love you," she said, smiling. "Because occasionally, and quite unexpectedly, you sound like a sonnet. — Scott Wilbanks

You are not my son." Adrius flinches. With those few words, Augustus releases something. And the small part of Adrius that held out hope to be loved disappears. He shakes off his humanity, leaving only the Jackal. — Pierce Brown

This was the sort of situation that she read about in the novels she favored, by authors such as Miss Jane Austen, whom Margaret was sure she'd met long ago at the Assembly Rooms the first time we visited Lyme. One of Miss Austen's books had even featured Lyme Regis, but I did not read fiction and could not be persuaded to try it. Life itself was far messier and didn't end so tidily with the heroine making the right match. We Philpot sisters were the very embodiment of that frayed life. I did not need novels to remind me of what I had missed. — Tracy Chevalier

Express your life as a demonstration of your highest beliefs, rather than as a denial of them. — Neale Donald Walsch

I'm not saying homeschooling will be easy. I am saying it will be worth it. — Tamara L. Chilver

It's claustrophobic, and I think it is to do with the amount that we're exposing people to one particular point. — Sean Booth

At last Niko dropped his hands, and opened his eyes. His perfect tree illusion solidified and settled.
"Very nice," said Briar with approval. "Couldn't have done better myself"
"Couldn't do it at all yourself," muttered Tris.
Briar ignored her. "But you'd never find a cork oak in these parts. Too cold."
Niko looked down his nose at the boy. "I beg your pardon?"
Briar shrugged. "Just thought I'd mention it."
Niko glared. — Tamora Pierce

When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy would use him for alligator bait, tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp. — Jerry Reed