Protea Quotes

#1. My sister died and my mum was really distant, as you do - you don't expect your offspring to die before you. I thought I was bulletproof up until that stage.

Max Walker

#2. What did a person need to survive? Food. Water. Shelter. Warmth in cold weather. And something else ... books.

Nancy Horan

#3. A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.

Angela Carter

#4. None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame.

Samuel Johnson

#5. You know that it's hard work to consistently apply self-awareness, empathy, and self-control,

Jen Shirkani

#6. I've found it's better to talk to the machine and hang up if I get the person.

Cathy Guisewite

#7. I heard about the Dalai Lama, you know and I thought to myself, why not me?

Zach Braff

#8. Joe," I whispered. "What's on your mind?"
Did booty call partners care what was on their booty call's mind?

Kristen Ashley

#9. Isn't it weird how we make big decisions in life based on the strangest, most random things?

Mhairi McFarlane

#10. Sometimes love burns so hot in your veins that it consumes all rational thought. You become a walking shell that can no longer function without your significant other whispering into your soul, telling your heart to beat.

Teresa Mummert

#11. Scars are a reminder - a history or a memory stamped right onto your skin. I feel like I should have something stamped all over mine. On every single piece of me.

Beckie Stevenson

#12. No matter how hot the fire burns, a Protea always survives

AB De Villiers

#13. Jesus, these Protestants! In my church we didn't sing cheap hymns. With us it was Handel and Palestrina.

John Fante

#14. The final notes of the funeral march dropped like violets onto the tomb of the hero

Jose Saramago