Unprepossessing Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

It was not a physical fatigue - he went to the gym regularly and felt better than he had in years - but a draining lassitude that numbed the margins of his mind. He got up and went out to the verandah; the sudden hot air, the roar of his neighbor's generator, the smell of diesel exhaust fumes brought a lightness to his head. Frantic winged insects flitted around the electric bulb. He felt, looking out at the muggy darkness farther away, as if he could float, and all he needed to do was to let himself go. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I'm incredibly boring; I had a very happy childhood. I never starved, nor did I have a silver spoon in my mouth. I'm one of those terribly middle-of-the-road, British middle class, South London gents. — Jude Law

But why," he said with animation, "do the English not read their own great literature?"
Victor laughed triumphantly, and said, "Because at school they are made to hate it. — Olaf Stapledon

The challenge of being a manager is to get the best out of everybody, not just the few who are clones of yourself. — Tim Field

It is a season of hopelessness, of being lost, of wishing I could turn to dust and melt with the rain. Dreams and nightmares swell into my world, blur my vision with the broken boundaries of reality. — Addison Moore

My mom's a doctor, but because she came from India and then Africa, where childhood obesity was not a problem, she put no premium on having skinny kids. In fact, she and my dad didn't mind having a chubby daughter. Part of me wonders if it even made them feel a little prosperous, like Have you seen our overweight Indian child? Do you know how statistically rare this is? — Mindy Kaling

Last words of his mother to his father: Keep eternity before the children. — Dallas Willard

The U.N. was there to protect other Rwandese. — Tony Greig

I guess that the goddess Venus wasn't on my side with this fine specimen of the male gender! — Adele Rose

Only one small, pale spot on her cheek was visible where her skin, free of blood, gleamed, as polished as bone. — Sanjida Kay

Like us, animals feel love, joy, fear and pain, but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to speak on their behalf ensuring their well-being and lives are respected and protected. — Sylvia Dolson

These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected. — Edmund White

She blew out the breath she didn't realize she'd been holding. — Laura Kaye

Barrick could only stand and watch them go, alone with the tribe of incomprehensible strangers who lived now in his blood and his thoughts. — Tad Williams

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. — John Locke