Verneuil Ruby Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes he remembered having heard how soldiers under fire in the trenches, and having nothing to do, try hard to find some occupation the more easily to bear the danger. It seemed to Pierre that all men were like those soldiers, seeking refuge from life: some in ambition, some in cards, some in framing laws, some in women, some in playthings, some in horses, some in politics, some in sport, some in wine, and some in government service. 'Nothing is without consequence, and nothing is important: it's all the same in the end. The thing to do is to save myself from it all as best I can,' thought Pierre. Not to see IT, that terrible IT. — Leo Tolstoy

Anne's awfully sensitive,' said Rhoda. 'And she's bad about - well, facing things. If anything's upset her, she'd just rather not talk about it, — Agatha Christie

Because family and friends are the foundation of who you are, this is a realm where no excuses should exist. Give them your all without excuses. — Farshad Asl

I had to wonder whether this interval had any more spread and breadth than just another sequestered moment, bordered by closed doors. We — Don DeLillo

Audrey, you've been in my head since the moment I met you and you never left. Baby, I sure as hell don't deserve you but I can't imagine anyone else being the mother of my children or being the hand I hold at the end of every day. You're my lucky penny, remember? — Kimberly Lauren

Going up north with the redwoods and driving along the coast, it's got everything, man. It's got the desert, the mountains, and the ocean. It's beautiful. — Chad Smith

I was jealous; therefore I loved. — Jack London

Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation of our capacity to imagine others suffering, dehumanizing them so much that their pain is not our pain. It demands this of the torturer, placing the victim outside and beyond any form of compassion or empathy, but also demands of everyone else the same distancing, the same numbness. — Ariel Dorfman

She made him yearn for a future his kind could never have, and a connection he sure as hell didn't deserve. — Katherine McIntyre

Personally, in real life, I'm a little more down-and-dirty than I am glamorous. — Shelley Hennig

It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality. — Gaston Bachelard

May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as will keep me friendly with myself. — Max Ehrmann

Tinys do not deserve safety. If they are to prove themselves, they must suffer and die or suffer and survive. — Francesca Lia Block

Massachusetts led the nation passing the first state minimum wage a century ago in June 1912, and with passage of an $11 state minimum wage ... will be leading the nation again with a wage floor that is good for business, good for customers and good for our economy. — Holly Sklar