Waiflike In A Sentence Quotes & Sayings

He lost weight; he walked light on the earth. Lack of physical labour, lack of variety of occupation, lack of social and sexual intercourse, none of these appeared to him as lacks, but as freedom. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I'm incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really. — Cate Blanchett

Adversity purifies the spirit and refines the soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Managing by results only makes things worse. — W. Edwards Deming

When a house is tottering to its fall,
The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part,
One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads,
And its own weight soon brings it toppling down. — Ovid

If you are a reader, you are already halfway to being a writer," she says. "For you have a love of words and pleasure from seeing them on a page. And if you are a writer, then you will find that you are driven to write. It is a gift that demands to be shared. You cannot be a silent singer. — Philippa Gregory

It is capitalism, not Marxism, that trades in futures. — Terry Eagleton

As to my mouth, of all my features, I wish I could possess my mouth again, just as it had been before the fire. I had my mother's lips, generous below and above; and what kissing I had practiced, mainly on my hand or on a lonely pig, had convinced me that my lips would be the source of my good fortune. I would kiss with them, and lie with them, I would make victims and willing slaves of anyone my eyes desired, simply by talking a little, and following the talk with kisses, and the kisses with demands. And they'd melt into compliance, everyone of them, happy to perform the most demeaning acts as long as I was there to reward them with a long, tongue-tied kiss when they were done. But the fire didn't spare my lips; it took them too, erasing them utterly. — Clive Barker

I feel that one must deliberate then act, must scan every life choice with rational thinking but then base the decision on whether one's heart will be in it. — Jean Shinoda Bolen

You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give. — Eleanor Roosevelt