“ The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. Ambrose Bierce
“ Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. C. S. Lewis
“ To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate. Dennis Prager
“ Why they were loaded with bags of beans and peas and anything else they happened to pick up when they were still some distance away from the street where the first blind man and his wife lived, for th… Jose Saramago
“ Where was that fragile, golden-fair Dresden doll I used to be? Gone.Gone like porcelain turned into steel-made into someone who wouldalways get what she wanted, no matter who or what stood in her way. V.C. Andrews
“ There was just such a man when I was young—an Austrian who invented a new way of life and convinced himself that he was the chap to make it work. He tried to impose his reformation by the sword, and p… T.H. White
“ There was a heavy, dark pause of vast significance.Which Jim broke by flashing his hands and belting out, Booga-wooga!At least Eddie laughed. Adrian flipped Jim the bird and headed to the fridge for a… J.R. Ward
“ There is no night life in Spain. They stay up late but they get up late. That is not night life. That is delaying the day. Night life is when you get up with a hangover in the morning. Night life is w… Ernest Hemingway
“ The wise speak only of what they know, Gríma son of Gálmód. A witless worm have you become. Therefore be silent, and keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I have not passed through fire and death… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ The sunlight had broken through the trees and landed on her like a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Debbie Macomber
“ The President is also captured in a well-worn TV news clip, making a boilerplate response to a question on terrorism and then asking the reporters to watch his drive. Well, that's what you get if you… Christopher Hitchens
“ Strange, her horoscope hadn't mentioned to beware of crazy kidnappers or demented desert sheikhs this week. Lora Leigh
“ She was right. The purebred girls were making mistakes on purpose, in order to give us an advantage. 'King me,' I growled, out of turn. 'I say king me!' and Felicity meekly complied. Beulah pretended… Karen Russell
“ She always said, 'When I'm home, I've got to get things done, even if there are visitors. Elizabeth knows how to relax in her own house.' And then she would shake her head, as if Elizabeth had remarka… Jane Smiley
“ Natuurlijk gebeurde dit allemaal heel lang geleden en kan zoiets nu niet meer gebeuren. Niet in onze tijd. John Boyne
“ Kayso, Foo finally came home and I jumped into his arms and sort of rode him to the ground with a massive tongue kiss so deep that I could taste the burned cinnamon toast of his soul, but then I slapp… Christopher Moore
