Urchinlike Quotes

#1. My parents are like younger, urchinlike brothers and sisters whose faces are dirty and who blurt out humiliating things that can neither be anticipated nor controlled. I sigh and make the best of it. I feel I'm older than they are, much older. I feel ancient.

Margaret Atwood

#2. Behind all of the "I can'ts" are merely "I won'ts." The "I won'ts" mean "I am afraid to" or "I am ashamed to" or "I have too much pride to try, for fear I might fail." Behind that is anger at ourselves and circumstances engendered by pride.

David R. Hawkins

#3. The last thing I want to do is harm her. Especially now. She's in me. I breathed her in. I kissed her and took a good long taste. This is not just a female I enjoy. This one is so much more than that. My beast has chosen and the man seems to agree.

Lauren Dane

#4. It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#5. One of the things I like to pack, that I take with me all the time, is my Virgensita de Guadalupe. It doesn't take much room in your suitcase. If you have one that isn't so fancy, you can use it on the plane when you're scared.

Sandra Cisneros

#6. In this instance, she understood completely what the endorsement of a fool was worth.

Richard Russo

#7. Inside each of us dwells a more-perfect self waiting to unfold. It cries loudly for release, yet it is sometimes ignored. To answer its call, you must take time to listen.

DeBarra Mayo

#8. It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotten by knowledge, and knowledge best, by gathering many knowledges, which is reading.

Philip Sidney

#9. The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends.

Benjamin Franklin

#10. Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

John Wooden