Valmonte Life Quotes & Sayings

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion. The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust. — Charles Dickens

Did I just create Ben/Jason slash fiction? Do people care enough about me to even write Ben/Jason slash fiction? Do I get royalty checks for slash fiction? Probably not. — Larry Gent

First love is dangerous only when it is also the last. — Branislav Nusic

Darla shook her head, a small smirk on her lips. "You're such a mom," she told Katherine.
Katherine stared at her, puzzled. "You're a mom, too," she said softly.
"No, I gave birth. That doesn't make me a mom. Not like you."
A look passed between the two women like none they had ever shared before. For a split second, Katherine felt a slight connection. "Well, you rest. I'll check on you later." She turned and left the room, a funny, unexplainable feeling inside her. — Deanna Lynn Sletten

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through. — Peter De Vries

You stay safe, You love. You survive. You laugh and cry and struggle and sometimes you fail and sometimes you succeed. You Push. — Carrie Ryan

He avoided small talk at the best of times and this, unquestionably, was a million horrific miles from the best of times. — Jane Harper

My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, Earnest Hemingway, Jack London, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Pearl Buck, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to name a few. — Debbie Macomber

The right of the majority is absolute. — Benjamin Tucker

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. — Adam Smith

Inside is where we meet everyone else; it's on the outside that we are truly alone. — Charles Simic

If you want the advice of an old man, don't be afraid of making mistakes. That's life. Just be sure you're making them for the right reason. — Lou Harper

You refuse to listen. Because, like every other man, you can keep only one idea in your head at a time-usully the wrong one. — Loretta Chase

I may go for it or I may not. It all depends on what I elect to do on my backswing. — Billy Joe Patton

I arrived in New York in 1986, when I was 28. The market here was nothing. In the Union Square farmers' market, it was a couple of potatoes, everything from California. So the only place I was comfortable shopping was in Chinatown, because it all came from Hong Kong. — Jean-Georges Vongerichten