Westrum House Quotes & Sayings

What a pity to see a mind as great as Napoleon's devoted to trivial things such as empires, historic events, the thundering of cannons and of men; he believed in glory, in posterity, in Caesar; nations in turmoil and other trifles absorbed all his attention ... How could he fail to see that what really mattered was something else entirely? — Paul Valery

A joy without object or reason rose within him, but like all such joys ebbed into frustration almost immediately because he did not know how to express it. — John Clellon Holmes

I'd love to be a Bond girl. I mean, if you're going to be stereotyped, there are worse things to be stereotyped as. — Jordana Brewster

People don't see others outside of their class group; they are practically invisible. — Bryant McGill

That's how people live in the real world: forcing stuff on each other. — Haruki Murakami

You might be shown the photos of the space chimps in their helmets, grinning from ear to ear, and you might feel an urge to tell the rest of your class that chimps grin like that only when they're frightened, that no amount of time among humans will change it. Those happy-looking space chimps in those pictures are frankly terrified and maybe you just barely stop yourself from saying so. — Karen Joy Fowler

The framers of the constitution employed words in their natural sense; and, where they are plain and clear, resort to collateral aids to interpretation is unnecessary, and cannot be indulged in to narrow or enlarge the text; but where there is ambiguity or doubt, or where two views may well be entertained, contemporaneous and subsequent practical construction is entitled to the greatest weight. — Melville Fuller

Yeah, it will be great for later when it's darker too. I don't think I should ravish you right here in the middle of the park in full daylight." She actually gulped, and I laughed loudly. "I'm just messing with you, Goody. You're safe. — Lacey Weatherford