Unburied Treasure Quotes & Sayings

When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people. — Karin Slaughter

Yeah. What happens is the water spray creates a vortex, kind of like a hurricane. And the center of the vortex - the eye of the hurricane - is a low-pressure area, which sucks the shower curtain in and up. This guy did a study on it. Honestly." "Now, that," Hassan said, "is really interesting. It's like there's a little hurricane in every shower?" "Exactly. — John Green

We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

In this place, there is no such thing as father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone. — Elie Wiesel

It's not that I miss my mother. It's just that I miss the idea of what one would be. — Melina Marchetta

Hatreds are the cinders of affection. — Walter Raleigh

The life of this world is wind
Windblown we come, and windblown we go away.
All that we look on is windfall.
All we remember is wind. — Charles Wright

Anyone who has known happiness will never again be able humbly to accept sadness. — Paulo Coelho

In reality I said nothing at all, but I heard a murmur, something gone wrong with the silence, and I pricked up my ears, like an animal I imagine, which gives a start and pretends to be dead. — Samuel Beckett

We're wearing masks, all of us, all of the time. We're presenting a face, a version of ourselves, to the world, to each other. We show a different face depending on who we're with and what they expect of us. Even when we're alone it's just another mask, the version of ourselves we'd prefer to be. — S.J. Watson

And I told you: I think of a photograph you took of me, up in Montreal. You told me to jump in the air, so in the picture, my feet are off the ground. Later, I asked you why you wanted me to do that, and you told me it was the only way to get me to forget about the expression on my face. You were right. I am completely unposed, completely genuine. In my mind's eye, I picture myself like that, reacting to you. — David Levithan

A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world. — Lincoln Chafee