Verwind Quotes & Sayings

We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death. — Russell Shorto

Never be tempted by water. The water tap should be sealed at lunchtime. If, for example, a sauce goes wrong, adding water doesn't help at all; one only achieves a taste of dishwater. — Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec

Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw. — Walter Dean Myers

It's always funny to me when people meet me. They really think I'm from the East coast off top. When they get to talkin' to me, they go "Oh no, she's sooooo Southern" — Aeriel Miranda

There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren't. — Simon Rich

My books didn't fit a marketing niche. — Chuck Palahniuk

Well, I am ploughing on my canvases as they do on their fields (the peasants). It goes badly enough in our profession - in fact that has always been so, but at the moment it is very bad. — Vincent Van Gogh

Braden, Ellie, and Adam came in and took their usual table directly across from us so that Braden and Joss could screw each other with their eyes. — Samantha Young

They say a name expresses the thing it stands for, but I wonder if it isn't the other way around - the thing gets more and more like its name. — Haruki Murakami

Sasanian monarchy and the fabled Kayanid — Tom Holland

Great splashes of dried blood, flecked with tiny bits of grayish-white tissue, clotted the wallpaper. It made Danny feel sick. It was like a crazy picture drawn in blood, a surrealistic etching of a man's face drawn back in terror and pain, the mouth yawning and half the head pulverized - (So if you should see something ... just look the other way and when you look back, it'll be gone. Are you diggin me?) — Stephen King

Methods and conclusions formed by half the race only, must necessarily require revision as the other half of humanity rises into conscious responsibility. — Elizabeth Blackwell

Employee engagement takes mind, heart and hands unification. — Pearl Zhu

I looked up at the stars that were really flowers and thought about vanillas who were really kinky folks waiting to be born — Annabel Joseph

There's a lot of good rappers in England at the moment. There's a lot of good dance acts. A lot of good, young guitar acts. I think a lot of groups came from that dole culture of the late 80's/early 90's - it's not as easy now. I think there's a dearth of working class bands. — Ian Brown