Tacoma Public Library Quotes

#1. I do sillier things sober, to be honest. I'm quite a silly person. Freya pulled my skirt up in a shop other day, I could've killed her - not literally, of course. But that was her not me.

Donna Air

#2. He'd set his mouth in a feral line that could have tipped toward kindness or to cruelty in a second.

Cate Rowan

#3. No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of labor short enough so after his day's work is done he will have time and energy to bear his share in the management of the community, to help in carrying the general load.

Theodore Roosevelt

#4. [Some men are shortsighted, so] going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men.

Rodney Stark

#5. Tendrils like spreading neath its lurid world,
Sprouting rooted whimsies all the way they-
Enchanted living hues, such with splendor bold,
And ornate jeweled minds domed Abbey.

When I Live With Fancy

Nithin Purple

#6. Admiral Croft's manners were not quite of the tone to suit Lady Russell, but they delighted Anne. His goodness of heart and simplicity of character were irresistible.

Jane Austen

#7. The door is open, but judging from the slow, mournful melody, I don't think he wants to talk.

Lyn Miller-Lachmann

#8. The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

#9. Life is great.
Life is amazing.
Observe the beauty in everything you do.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. Power is power as the sun is the sun, the wind is the wind. The villager blesses the rain as it falls on his crops; the pillager uses it to cover his approach. It is the wielder who determines the good or evil.

Sheri S. Tepper

#11. I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.

Zainab Salbi

#12. For 10 years, I gave away my possessions every year and moved on to a new place.

John Burnside

#13. In this life, you have winners and losers. the more you win, the higher you go.

Daniel Nayeri

#14. At the end of the day, I think everybody takes for granted that they get up, get out of bed every morning - just the mere fact that they can stand in front of the mirror and brush their teeth and get in their car and take off? A lot of people take their health for granted.

Brock Lesnar

#15. There was a man who sold a hyena skin while the beast still lived and who was killed in hunting it.

Winston Churchill