Unobvious Synonym Quotes & Sayings

I suppose everybody has a mental picture of the days of the week, some seeing them as a circle, some as an endless line, and others again, for all I know, as triangles and cubes. Mine is a wavy line proceeding to infinity, dipping to Wednesday which is the colour of old silver dark with polishing and rising again to a pale gold Sunday. This day has a feeling in my picture of warmth and light breezes and sunshine and afternoons that stretch to infinity and mornings full of far-off bells. — Angela Thirkell

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. — Dale Carnegie

Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass. — Louise Erdrich

Most of the people I write about I'm still in touch with, so I would be loath to make up stuff about them. — Mary Karr

My dad is a nurse midwife, one of about only 50 male midwives in the U.S., I think. — Matthew Morrison