Maeder Nurseries Quotes

#1. I'm fascinated by comedy.

Alexei Sayle

#2. There were those emotions down there, and though she couldn't quite feel them, they were strong and she feared them. It was like watching a thunderhead from high up in a plane, and though you weren't under it, you knew how it would feel if you were. You knew you'd have to land eventually.

Ann Brashares

#3. I'm one of these children who grew up at the knee of my grandmother and her elder sister, listening to very old people talk about their memories.

Hilary Mantel

#4. ...you must wear clothes, you must honor your teachers, you must not attack fellow students' dorm rooms with chain saws.

E. Lockhart

#5. I do not attach much importance to America's bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.

Jawaharlal Nehru

#6. Had my father loved my mother? He never spoke of her. I always imagined a traditional marriage between them--one built with the strong bones of respect, but stripped of the soft skin of love.

Kay Honeyman

#7. Both busy streets and country roads are empty without good friends...

Xue Tao

#8. I do not feel like writing verses; but as I light my perfume burner with myrrh and jasmine incense, they suddenly burgeon from my heart, like flowers in a garden.

Hafez

#9. I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.

Ethel Merman

#10. The dead lay in a row in the middle of the hall.

J.K. Rowling

#11. In fact the Gods were as puzzled by all this as the wizards were, but they were powerless to do anything and in any case were engaged in an eons-old battle with the Ice Giants, who had refused to return the lawnmower.

Terry Pratchett

#12. In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent.

Brian Ferneyhough

#13. I thought that spring must last forevermore, For I was young and loved, and it was May.

Vera Brittain

#14. Doctor, I can't pronounce my F's, T's and H's." "Well you can't say fairer than that then

Tommy Cooper

#15. The finding that people lie more under time pressure, when confronted with a tempting situation in which lying may serve their self-interest, is in line with recent work showing

Anonymous