Pettenon Quotes

#1. To be an enthusiast had become her social vocation and, sometimes even when she did not feel like it, she became enthusiastic in order not to disappoint the expectations of those who knew her.

Leo Tolstoy

#2. I'm sure I passed on some things that will probably be successful.

Matt Cohler

#3. An apprentice was unquestioningly loyal until the moment he wasn't. Both Master and apprentice knew this.

Paul S. Kemp

#4. I am glad I have found a readership, but one can't write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

#5. It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is growing in direct proportion to our lack of confidence in ourselves. The end of this century is an unusually difficult time to be a leader in Australia.

Hugh Mackay

#6. Even though the world doesn't matter to her, she matters to the world

David Levithan

#7. Nothing you ask of me is too much.

Melanie Harlow

#8. I'll carry you. But she was already holding on, and though she knew she'd have to soon, she didn't see how she'd ever be able to let go of him.

Melissa Cutler

#9. Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.

Laozi

#10. Dear, the man can't be eviscerated because he has no viscera. He's a walking colon. If you cut him open, you only end up covered in crap.

Dean Koontz

#11. [God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.

Charles R. Swindoll

#12. Art is not in some far-off place.

Lydia Davis

#13. Good & Evil struggled between us. It was all a matter of control. And choice. Nothing more ang nothing less.

Paulo Coelho

#14. God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them.

George W. Bush

#15. What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories.

Amanda Burton