Volenti Non Quotes & Sayings

I am illegitimate," she said distinctly, as if he were a foreigner trying to learn English. "You are a viscount. You can't marry a bastard."
"What about the Duke of Clarence? He had ten bastard children by that actress ... what was her name ... "
"Mrs. Jordan."
"Yes, that one, Their children were all illegitimate, but some of them married peers."
"You're not the Duke of Clarence."
"That's right. I'm not a blueblood any more than you are. I inherited the title purely by happenstance"
"That doesn't matter. If your married me, it would be scandalous and inappropriate, and doors would be closed to you."
"Good God, woman, I let two of my sisters marry Gypsies. Those doors have already been closed, bolted, and nailed shut. — Lisa Kleypas

A good life is the balance between despair and dancing. — Steven Webb

We need to look back sometimes and realize the past taught us to appreciate our future. — Simone Elkeles

Be not discourage when others are unable to see the heights of your vision, God will placed you on His shoulders long before they are hoisting you on theirs. — Carl Henegan

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable ... I hope I have that going forward. — Nick McDonell

Genius is initiative on fire. — Holbrook Jackson

I had this dream ... that we had this new sixth member, for some reason, and he actually ended up being quite horrible! And he started a fight with me! And I wanted him to go away and none of the boys were helping me! — Louis Tomlinson

As to the thirst after knowledge, it is an old law that we all get whatever we want. None of us can get anything other than what we fix our hearts upon. — Swami Vivekananda

That sounds like the sin of pride, Marshal. Better run downstairs and let Miss December flog it out of you. Webcam it and charge by the minute. You won't ever have to take government money again. — Richard Kadrey

Instead of an unhinged lunatic you may glimpse a punctured soul-a mere human being like you. — Shannon Love

We all know that parents do not make children but that children make parents ... Authentic parenting is one long sacrificial act ... parenting reveals the way that sacrifice at once diminishes our life as we knew it ... while at the same time revealing to us larger and infinitely more fascinating forms of life ... Parents know experientially that the very process which makes them suffer also makes them grow. — Luke Timothy Johnson

He's a book full of footnotes brought to life. He's a jacket made of elbow patches. — Rainbow Rowell

He would pay her when the time came - pay her so hard...damn it, — Gena Showalter

Life hands us a lot of hard choices, and other people can help us more than we might realize. We often think we should make important decisions using just our own internal resources. What are the pros and cons? What does my gut tell me? But often we have friends and family who know us in ways we don't know ourselves. — Sheena Iyengar