Lighter Vein Quotes

#1. The unbeaten brat will remain unlearned,

R.K. Narayan

#2. The flocks fear the wolf, the crops the storm, and the trees the wind.

Virgil

#3. There aren't many things as therapeutic as smiles and laughter. Whenever you look at things in a lighter vein, it shows that your heart is in the right place.

Douglas Pagels

#4. Editing is kind of a solitary job.

Joe Dante

#5. I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.

Ana Castillo

#6. Some days in the camp you prayed to live; some days you prayed to die quick. Some days you didn't bother praying, knowing there was no sense to anything.

Allan Dare Pearce

#7. I felt my cell phone buzz, and I looked at the screen. Ranger.
"Your GPS just went blank," Ranger said when I answered.
"The car exploded." There was a beat of silence.
"Rafael won the pool," Ranger said. "Are you okay?"
"Yes."
"I'll send someone.

Janet Evanovich

#8. What a misfortune it isto be bornawoman!? Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light break in upon us, it is but to make darkness more visible; to show usthenew limits, the Gothic structure, theimpenetrable barriers of our prison.

Maria Edgeworth

#9. Passion + Commitment + Endurance ... =
The Heart Of A Great Humanitarian.

Timothy Pina

#10. I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Greg Mortenson