Xaphans Quotes & Sayings

Most men are like me. They cannot live in a universe where the most bizarre thought can in one second enter into the realm of reality
where, most often, it does enter, like a knife in a heart. — Albert Camus

I had a nice time over Christmas. I watched EastEnders - blimey, that makes my job look easy! — Mick McCarthy

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Never trust anyone who tells you how people come to trust him. — Katherine Boo

William had played [rugby] at Eton when it first became popular, and now he only spoke of it in a reverent tone he normally saved only for women and rifles. . . . .
[in contrast] Cricket had rules: one was not allowed to stamp on the head of another player and pass it off as enthusiasm. — Natasha Pulley

Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed. — Sara Paretsky

A woman has to demonstrate in every moment to be thirty times better than a man, to gain trust and to be considered. So, she has to be tenacious, combattative but not aggressive, she has to love her work a lot and not let herself be discouraged by the daily discriminiation she encounters. — Dacia Maraini

I just aspire to be the best I can be. I want to work hard and set one goal at a time for myself. — Bella Hadid

I really like musicals - 'The Music Man,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'Li'l Abner,' 'Annie Get Your Gun.' — Brendon Urie

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film. — Michael B. Jordan

The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice. — Frank McCourt

Because I want every breath you take to be empty unless you're close enough to smell me. Every word you speak to be unimportant unless it's to me. Every sound you hear empty unless it's my voice. I want you to remember that whatever pleasure you have from now on, you'll have it from me.
~Rurik Wilder~ — Christina Dodd

We should not attach to some fancy ideas or to some beautiful things. We should not seek for something good. The truth is always near at hand, within your reach. — Shunryu Suzuki

At a hundred and twenty five miles per hour, with the wind rushing in his face, darkness around him, he is alone in the universe, but then, Zeb has been alone all his life. — Ty Patterson

I think: you deserve to be what you are if you could bare to get that way. You must have seen it coming. And now there's nothing for you here. No one will protect you, and people won't see any reason not to do you harm. — Martin Amis

And he loved you and your mom, so much. I'll always remind you of that, but I wish you could have met him. -Brandon — Molly McAdams