Russian Prose Quotes

#1. She'd seen it with Isabelle, the way things could become so permeated with memories that story was more important than function.

Erica Bauermeister

#2. Everyday I'm a new person learning from yesterday

Serge Jerkezian

#3. Eva Stachniak has given readers a thrilling glimpse into the scandals and secrets at the heart of the Russian Imperial court. With deft prose and exquisite detail, Stachniak has resurrected one of the most compelling ages in history. Turn off the phones and lock the doors - you will not put it down.

Deanna Raybourn

#4. A hug's a happy thing while a shrug's so often destructive.

Malcolm Forbes

#5. Chamfort, echoing the misanthropic attitude of generations of philosophers before and after him, put the matter simply: 'Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

Alain De Botton

#6. Do you really not know that to praise a woman's mind is to abuse her? Is everyone not convinced that where there's cleverness there's no heart? Has it not been decided that a clever woman is a sort of monster who can feel nothing? Ask anyone, they'll all tell you so.

Karolina Pavlova

#7. He's (George Steinbrenner) the one who gave me a chance to get to the World Series. This is where I wanted to be all along. We had a couple of nice offers from other teams, but I tied my agents' hands. I told them I wanted to be a Yankee.

Roger Clemens

#8. The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

#9. I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.

Randy Travis

#10. Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

Jodi Picoult

#11. Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.

Okakura Kakuzo

#12. for every plane lost in combat, some six planes were lost in accidents. Over time, combat took a greater toll, but combat losses never overtook noncombat losses.

Anonymous

#13. I just want someone I can count on - a man who will turn the world upside down to help me find a slice of happiness because he loves me that much.

Dannika Dark

#14. I think new experiences are extremely important. I think it's really important to constantly challenge yourself. Comfort is not a good thing. It's good to take yourself out of your comfort zone and to look for new challenges.

Elijah Wood

#15. Holy mother of all electronics...

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#16. You're easily distracted, aren't you?" Ty deadpanned.
"Not really," Zane said smoothly, dragging one hand down Ty's
chest. "I'm still focused on you.

Madeleine Urban

#17. Time is a power of its own, and it may be the only power by which some miracles come to pass.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#18. It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.

J.G. Holland