Cormery Macaron Quotes

#1. King Cygnus dozed in his chair, and a dark shadow curled up in the window seat. That dark shadow happened to have a name, which happened to be Darcy; but nobody really notices dark shadows, even named ones. They have a habit of lurking about. People learn to ignore them after a while.

Emma Clifton

#2. It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

#3. The time is come," he spoke quietly. "Now, when lesser folk would wither, thou must be true to the blood of thine ancestors. Much greatness is bred in thee; accept now this terrible mantle and take a step nearer thy destiny.

Robin Jarvis

#4. That is human nature, that people come after you, willingly enough, provided only that you no longer love or want them.

A.S. Byatt

#5. There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that I noticed dozens and dozens of clumsy phrases I wished I could rewrite.

Peter Straub

#6. The Phoenicians are also credited with the first alphabet. Chinese and Egyptian languages used pictographs, drawings depicting objects or concepts. Babylonian, which became the international language in the Middle East, also

Mark Kurlansky

#7. The facade is the ego. It is motivated by our seeking love. The only reward is frustration, as it is only by loving that one finds love.

Lester Levenson

#8. People live out of either the hurt they feel or the healing Jesus provides. Your parents will never be perfect. And you will never be a perfect parent. But there is a perfect God who, over time, will bring healing to hurtful circumstances.

Derwin L. Gray

#9. Children are no antidote to loneliness.

Erica Jong

#10. There is a line in everything which it is dangerous to overstep; and when it has been overstepped, there is no return.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#11. Engineering without imagination sinks to a trade.

Herbert Hoover

#12. Man invented the gods. Then the gods went off on their own, but not far.

Mason Cooley

#13. You do research into specific occupations of the character, with specific behaviorisms that their daily life might give them. You do as much research as you want, as you can. Now that you have such open access to the Internet, it's very easy to do so.

Guy Burnet

#14. It's just, people recognize you for your work, you know? They love you for your work, and they judge you for your work. It's awesome to have people quoting you. I love it.

Tracy Morgan

#15. As flawed as Southern culture is, mendacity has always been treated in the South as a despicable characteristic. Notice how often Southerners casually address others as "you son of a bitch" with no insult intended. When the same person calls someone a "lying son of a bitch," you know he's serious.

James Lee Burke