Picton Library Quotes

#1. I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side ... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve might thrive so long as her Adam flourishes. Whatever serpent shall tempt her to go astray etc [will only cause] her husband to rule more strictly over her.

Alexander Spotswood

#2. The creative individual is particularly gifted in seeing the gap between what is and what could be.

John W. Gardner

#3. She had been mistaken - she was only the center to herself, as always, and a small player playing her part in someone else's story.

Kiran Desai

#4. Mental toughness is an element in the make up of perseverance.

Manuela George-Izunwa

#5. That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.

Dick Button

#6. As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

Om Puri

#7. It reminded him of that definition of his father's. A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. The mind was the first and final battleground; the stuff in between was just noise.

Lois McMaster Bujold