Velekei Quotes & Sayings

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. — George Dennison Prentice

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar in everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her. — Helen Rowland

The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking. — Jacqueline Woodson

Bubba there zombies ... and there trying to eat me!
-Nick Gautier — Sherrilyn Kenyon

My hope is for a literature that raises the language above the ordinary, makes words both functional and emotional, and to resonate at the frequency of the human spirit - the skill and insight of the writer lifting the parochial novel above the level of regional concern. Making it personal, national, and universal. — Theresa Breslin

Did y'all arrest Uncle Bob's turkey? It was just criminal what he did to that bird, wasn't it? You — Kwame Alexander

You never see a child die from education on TV. But make no mistake about it: children die from lack of education all the time. Children without an education are more likely to grow up to have HIV/AIDS. They're more likely to die in infancy or before the age of five. — Gene Sperling

I think some have to fight harder to choose good over evil because the evil's got it out for them. And maybe it's because those're the ones evil knows will become the strongest warriors, recognizing true wickedness when it rears its head. — Mary Weber

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn. — Thomas Fuller

What does a ship absolutely need to stay afloat? I'm not a mariner, so I can't exactly say. . . but what I can tell you is that ships don't absolutely need lighthouses - but they sure do help!

When it comes to acting on inspired ideas, it's easy to trick ourselves into thinking we don't really need to do them, but that's like a ship ignoring the beacon of light on a rocky shore. — Richie Norton