Womensfiction Quotes & Sayings

It takes strength to become weak! — Evinda Lepins

An even more pointed example of the the power of the silence tabu in libraries occurred in Duluth in 1981. The police were pursuing a fugitive from justice who ran into the public library. Uniformed police surrounded the building, and the library director was notified that only unobtrusive plainclothesmen were entering the building. Their instructions: "When you find him, overpower him. Quietly." It was done, and only a few people in the crowded building saw a handcuffed man being ushered past the checkout counter. "See," one librarian remarked quietly to an amazed person, "that's what happens when you don't pay your book fines. — Ray B. Browne

I'm going to teach you the art of swordsmanship-or in other words, how to totally kill someone with a sharp, pointy thing. — Michael Buckley

We're fortunate enough to live on a planet that's bathed in thousands of times more energy than we use and that's stocked with thousands of times more water, raw materials, and even food-growing potential than we need. — Ramez Naam

There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter. — Billy Connolly

Stop worrying about people who see your path as a rejection of theirs, 'Cause that ain't your problem. — Dawn Keable

Independence is not achieved simply by not obeying mother, father, state, and the like. Independence is not the same as disobedience. Independence is possible only if, and according to the degree to which, man actively grasps the world, is related to it, and thus becomes one with it. There is no independence and no freedom unless man arrives at the stage of complete inner activity and productivity. — Erich Fromm

It was possible that a miracle was not something that happened to you, but rather something that didn't. — Jodi Picoult

More money has been lost because of four words than at the point of a gun. Those words are 'This time is different. — Carmen M. Reinhart

I admire you", said the little prince, with a little shrug of his shoulders, "but what is there about my admiration that interests you so much? — Antoine De Saint-Exupery