Noctourne Quotes

#1. She remembered Grace telling her about Lorcan's evasiveness when she'd first joined the Noctourne-his ability to speak without saying anything, to talk in riddles.
He's a conundrum, thought Cheng Li. A walking, talking conundrum

Justin Somper

#2. Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

William Cowper

#3. History is like a long, twisted joke. You never know when the punch line will come.

Laksmi Pamuntjak

#4. William Glasser: "We learn 10 percent of what we read, 20 percent of what we hear, 30 percent of what we see, 50 percent of what we see and hear, 70 percent of what we discuss, 80 percent of what we experience, and 95 percent of what we teach others.

Bill Capodagli

#5. And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances.
[Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]

Horace

#6. All men are really most attracted by the beauty of plain speech, and they even write in a florid style in imitation of this. Theyprefer to be misunderstood rather than to come short of its exuberance.

Henry David Thoreau

#7. Some people were nice to you simply because they liked you.

Leila Sales