Whitewing Trails Quotes & Sayings

An act of revenge is deeply inhumane, and in any case, this action, is driven from a low affect. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

I was stunned. I was, and I knew it, an ordinary person who long after he was grown retained the childhood assumption that the people who largely control our lives are somehow better informed than, and have judgment superior to, the rest of us; that they are more intelligent. Not until Vietnam did I finally realize that some of the most important decisions of all time can be made by men knowing really no more than, and who are not more intelligent than, most of the rest of us. That it was even possible that my own opinions and judgment could be as good as and maybe better than a politician's who made a decision of profound consequence. — Jack Finney

My dad was the force behind me early on. He was just infatuated with baseball. He was the one that basically taught me how to play the game. He gave a lot of his time working out with me, practicing and taking me to a lot of different games. It was hard work between both of us. — Rafael Palmeiro

We're watchers of this world aren't we? not players — Maggie Stiefvater

How'd you sleep?"
"Like I was in paradise."
"I have no problems with you calling my body paradise. Do me a favor and spread the word. Chicks love that shit. — Cassie Mae

Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared. — Sissela Bok

An insurgency doesn't have to win. It just has to survive. — Mark Owen

Our crosses are our rights ... Because life is not about me, because this world is not my home, because I'm tired of defending myself, and because the God of the universe is my Defender. — Jennie Allen

Girls who have a strong belief system are beautiful in a great way. — Kevin Jonas

[ ... ] dropped his master's head upon the floor with a pretty loud crash, and then, without an effort to lift it up, gazed upon the bystanders, as if he had done something rather clever than otherwise. — Charles Dickens

I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it. — Donna Shalala