Sichuan Earthquake Quotes

#1. Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go until the Beijing Olympics. The tragedy of the Sichuan earthquake followed hard on the heels of the riots in Tibet and the demonstrations surrounding the Olympic torch relay.

Martin Jacques

#2. Coming to terms with Donald Trump as the Republican nominee is like being told you have Stage 1 or Stage 2 cancer. You know you'll probably survive, but one way or the other, there's going to be a lot of throwing up.

Christopher Buckley

#3. At first we hope too much and later on, not enough.

Philibert Joseph Roux

#4. Love always gives freedom.

Sunday Adelaja

#5. There is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

#6. I wonder what would happen if I stopped walking, if I let the crowd fill up the space between us. Would he notice? Would he wade back to find me? Or would he keep going, because forward is his destination and I am not?

Nina LaCour

#7. It began the usual way, in the bathroom of the Lassimo Hotel.

Jennifer Egan

#8. Let your condiments be in the condition of your senses.

Henry David Thoreau

#9. Young adults come to resent the people who did the thinking for them.

Julie Lythcott-Haims

#10. The day I need a television puppet or clown to tell my children what's right and what's wrong, I'll bow out as a mother.

Elinor Smith

#11. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.

Joseph Joubert

#12. Reality shows always look for the worst people.

Drew Carey

#13. I did it because you are a beautiful, desirable woman, and a long time ago, someone made you think you weren't. I'm not saying a few lessons from me can undo everything, but I want you to see a little bit of what I see when I look at you.

Elizabeth Harmon

#14. If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.

Tess Gerritsen

#15. You almost feel dirty for reading [Gillian Flynn's] books, like you've been forced to join your conscience with those of her morally murky protagonists.

Tarryn Fisher

#16. Some people never find love at all, count yourself blessed if it ever happens your way

Ellen Hopkins