Thouvenel Quotes & Sayings

Magic," Martha whispered breathlessly, "is diplomacy. It isn't just saying the words. It's who says them, how he says them, and when he says them. — Gene Wolfe

Truth springs from argument amongst friends. — David Hume

They paint you red before they sacrifice you. It's a different religion from ours - I think. — Ringo Starr

Hydrogeology is not a simple discipline, .. It's full of variables that are always changing. — Ron Parker

When I was an undergraduate we were told that history had ended, and we all believed it. When the Berlin Wall fell, what history was made of was over. No more Cold War. No more wars. And yet here it was, and is and all of it falling apart. Endings. Worlds dissolving. Weather systems, baking systems, the careful plans of municipal gardeners. Families, hearts, lives. — Helen Macdonald

The Shubert grandparents. No comfort there. He in uniform, she in a ball gown, displaying absurd self-satisfaction. They had got what they wanted, Sophia supposed, and had only contempt for those not so conniving or so lucky. — Alice Munro

It seemed to Frank that Judy could read him like a — Isabel George

'Empire of Self' is a loving portrait of a very difficult man. Jay Parini, himself a gifted novelist, poet and biographer, has gone very deep into the 'black energy' of Gore Vidal's relentless narcissism and megalomania. Parini envisions an epic battle between Vidal's angelic and demonic sides, yet there's very little of the angel in Vidal. — Jerome Charyn

Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had. — Jim Yong Kim

Just imagine going to war over Danzig - such a world catastrophe, just to prevent Germany from getting a piece of territory that belonged to her; because Britain was afraid of Germany getting too strong. — Joachim Von Ribbentrop

Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope. — A.J. Cronin

I have very little choice. If I don't write, I feel dreadful. So I write. — Jhumpa Lahiri

I have always wanted to work with Judy Dench, and that hasn't happened yet, so that would be fun. — Douglas Booth

Men in particular need to speak more about their personal reasons for wanting diversity in the workplace. — Jane Silber

I just love acting. — Joan Rivers