Words To Live By Crossword Quotes & Sayings

The walls were draped with banners covered with cabalistic signs, an abundance of owls of all kinds, scarabs and ibises, and Oriental divinities of uncertain origin. Near the rear wall was a dais, a proscenium of burning torches held up by rough logs, and in the background an altar with a triangular altarpiece and statuettes of Isis and Osiris. The room was ringed by an amphitheater of figures of Anubis, and there was a portrait of Cagliostro (it could hardly have been of anyone else, could it?), a gilded mummy in Cheops format, two five-armed candelabra, a gong suspended from two rampant snakes, on a podium a lectern covered by calico printed with hieroglyphics, and two crowns, two tripods, a little portable sarcophagus, a throne, a fake seventeenth-century fauteuil, four unmatched chairs suitable for a banquet with the sheriff of Nottingham, and candles, tapers, votive lights, all flickering very spiritually. — Umberto Eco

I personally believe that one learns to write by writing. — Jack Jordan

Newcastle fans never cease to amaze me. If there was a trophy for best supporters this lot would win it hands down every year. — Alan Shearer

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise. — Joseph Addison

In school that used to happen a lot: they'd get me to sing and then they'd hate me for it. — Christina Aguilera

Motivation fuels strength of will. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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The second time James called her name, realization came crashing down around her. She became acutely aware of their location, their situation, their *actions*, and she was overcome with an intense desire to escape back out the window to the roof. And to live there. For some time. — Sarah MacLean