Tonowari Quotes & Sayings

Of all tales 'tis the saddest
and more sad, Because it makes us smile. — Lord Byron

There was something wrong with her. She did not know what it was but there was something wrong with her. A hunger, a restlessness. An incomplete knowledge of herself. The sense of something farther away, beyond her reach. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It's no fun being lonely. — Maurice Sendak

Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story. — Nicholas Sparks

I like dirty boys. Mechanics, construction workers, artists who get paint and clay everywhere. They gotta have rough hands. — Tamara Feldman

A thoroughbred business man cannot enter heartily upon the business of life without first looking into his accounts. — Henry David Thoreau

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.' — Norman Schwarzkopf

I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours ... seems likely that I'll go on squandering till the very end. — Christopher Isherwood