Wingrave House Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes I think that when we say our honour prevents us from doing this or
that we deceive ourselves, and our real motive is vanity. — W. Somerset Maugham

The Simi is environmentally sound. Eat everything except for hooves — Sherrilyn Kenyon

If the story is unflattering and the feeling is anger, adrenaline kicks in. Under the influence of adrenaline, blood leaves our brains to help support our genetically engineered response of "fight or flight," and we end up thinking with the brain of a reptile. We say and do dim-witted things. — Kerry Patterson

Yep. His epic good looks without succumbing to the adorable label had made him a man-unicorn in my mind. Or a merman. Or a Loch Ness Monstman. He was a mystical creature. — Penny Reid

People without hope are a dangerous crowd, even in a republic. — Joe Abercrombie

You can't treat your voice badly and expect it to stay around. — Cissy Houston

The most dangerous thing I've ever done is sit on a public toilet. — Anonymous

Warren Street was at the high end of the New Romantic scene. They were mostly college art students and people who knew top designers. — Boy George

They shoot the white girl first, but the rest they can take their time. No need to hurry out here. They are 17 miles from a town which has 90 miles between it and any other. Hiding places will be plentiful in the convent, but there is time, and the day has just begun. They are nine. Over twice the number of the women, they are obliged to stampede or kill, and they have the paraphernalia for either requirement
rope, a palm leaf cross, handcuffs, mace, and sunglasses, along with clean, handsome guns. — Toni Morrison

She recognized that great love carries a price of great torment if it ends, but it also bestows a greater and more valuable gift. — Karen Ranney

He who hides his madman, dies voiceless. — Henri Michaux

The essence of Darwinism lies in its claim that natural selection creates the fit. Variation is ubiquitous and random in direction. It supplies raw material only. Natural selection directs the course of evolutionary change. — Stephen Jay Gould

A healthy agency does not require relevance to the national agenda so much as the APPEARANCE of relevance to the national agenda," Humphrey explained. "It is perhaps the second-most important tool in ensuring continued funding."
"And the most important?"
"A friend on the Appropriations committee. — Jim Geraghty