Trompes Deau Quotes & Sayings

Why do chickens have wishbones?" I asked her one day. One of the kitchen maids answered me in the fatuous tones of an adult addressing a child. "To make wishes on!" she said brightly, handing me one that had already been dried. "you take one side of it -" "I know what we do with them," I said impatiently, cutting her off without much tact. "That's not what chickens have them for, though, or surely the chicken would have wished not to end up in the pot for our supper. — Marie Brennan

She was a terrible mother, there was no doubt about it, but she didn't even have the strength to feel guilty. — Kate Atkinson

The computer finally booted but could not find its modem, the modem could not find a signal and the helpscreen automatically loaded. Diagnostic scan in progress. Rotating hourglass, grains in the queue. Quit everything, restart. Quit everything, shut down, unplug, burn the house, build another house, replug, restart. — Joshua Cohen

He looked right into her and then he said, "In a second I'm going to ask you if you're okay. Your answer is extremely important. If you can keep fighting, or at least keep running, you have to say 'yes'. Otherwise we have to run away and let them win this one. Now. Are you okay? — David Wellington

There is always in February some one day, at least, when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming, summer. — Gertrude Jekyll

Kids should be cute, caring, cuddly, and above all, quiet. — Jarod Kintz

If you weren't there, and I weren't here ... If I weren't me ... but you were still you, I would be interested in letting you like-like me. — Courtney C. Stevens

My signature line of clothing for Satya Paul will showcase a distinctive aspect of my own personal style. Co-creating and endorsing a line for one of India's finest brands will be a new experience for me — Gauri Khan

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone. — Katharine Hepburn

Sometimes, people are like that. So pretty on the outside ... horrible cake on the inside. — Gwen Hayes

It was utterly egotistical of me to take the blame for everything bad that ever happened around me. I wasn't a god. I wasn't the devil or some minion of evil. — Meghan Ciana Doidge

I might never ride Corr again. I don't know who I am without him. — Maggie Stiefvater