Weissenbach Cross Quotes & Sayings

But even as I yearn for it, I fear it. Because the more I see of this cruel world, the less I believe it ends in some pleasant fiction. — Pierce Brown

To be able to see a magic, you need to have a mind that can detect that magic! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Clearly, the first task is to gain acceptance of a more reasonable view of the future, one that opens possibilities rather than forecloses them. — Herman Kahn

True enough," said Mrs. Copperfield, bringing her fist down on the table and looking very mean. "I have gone to pieces, which is a thing I've wanted to do for years. I know I am as guilty as I can be, but I have my happiness, which I guard like a wolf, and I have authority now and a certain amount of daring, which, if you remember correctly, I never had before. — Jane Bowles

On Work and Charity
Likewise (Maria) watched (Martin's) toils and knew the measure of the midnight oil he burned. Work! She knew that he outdid her, though his work was of a different order. And she was surprised to behold that the less food he had, the harder he worked. On occasion, in a casual sort of way, when she thought hunger pinched hardest, she would send him in a loaf of new baking, awkwardly covering the act with banter to the effect that it was better than he could bake. And again, she would send one of her toddlers in to him with a great pitcher of hot soup, debating inwardly the while whether she was justified in taking it from the mouths of her own flesh and blood. Nor was Martin ungrateful, knowing as he did the lives of the poor, and that it ever in the world there was charity, this was it. — Jack London

There's a plan the school ... So many things happen, you're never given any explanation. We are going to study it scientifically, like in a laboratory. — Peter Hoeg

An honest man will continue to be so though surrounded on all sides by rogues. — Charles Caleb Colton

Displacement of any part of the skeletal frame may press against nerves, which are the channels of communication, intensifying or decreasing their carrying capacity, creating either too much or not enough functionating, an aberration known as disease. The nature of the affection depends upon the shape of the bone, the amount of pressure, age of patient, character of nerves impinged upon and the individual makeup. — Daniel D. Palmer

If love is universal, no one can be left out. — Deepak Chopra

If you don't take professional pride in your work, you're probably in the wrong job. — Dedy Budiman

Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though. — Gabrielle Zevin

Myrnin: I think your ghost girl's afraid I'll try to bite her. I believe she may have, you know, mental issues ... — Rachel Caine

The last thing I want to do ... is offend people and ostracize myself. — John Rocker

We came to Macun when I was four, to a rectangle of rippled metal sheets on stilts hovering in the middle of a circle of red dirt. — Esmeralda Santiago