Beau > Beau's Quotes

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
― William Arthur Ward

“We are always the same age inside. ”
― Gertrude Stein

“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Art, art of any kind, shows that folks are trying.”
― Walter Kirn, Mission to America

“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”
― Miles Kington

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
― Anna Quindlen

“Mr. Bounderby, bending himself at the knees, literally embraced his legs in his great satisfaction and laughed aloud.”
― Anonymous

“the reason the middle class had it so good was because they expected things to be better. They wouldn’t settle for less than they were worth. They’d just get into their shiny cars and go where they were appreciated. Poor people, on the other hand, were used to just taking what was given to them and being grateful for it.”
― Karin Slaughter, Triptych

“In a rare moment of candor, he had once told her that being in a library was like sitting down at a table laid with all his favorite foods but not being able to eat any of them. And he hated himself for it.”
― Karin Slaughter, Triptych

“We are all differently broken, semi-functional, rusted out love machines”
― Hank Green

“I shall never marry, Atticus."
"Why?"
"I might have children.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Some people become so obsessed with keeping score on the transgressions of others that they forget to observe themselves.”
― Murder Most Cozy Publishing, Murder Most Cozy Volume 1

“He blinked innocently. He was recovering well from the day’s surgery, but surely the little man was too weak to be left alone, fending off the neighborhood’s serial killer with nothing more than his claws and good looks.”
― Murder Most Cozy Publishing, Murder Most Cozy Volume 1

“The first featured cat preferred to lurk behind the toaster and hiss at people, whereas his owners wanted their kitty to not act like a kitchen gargoyle. By”
― Murder Most Cozy Publishing, Murder Most Cozy Volume 1

“There are good ships, and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships, and may they always be.”
― Murder Most Cozy Publishing, Murder Most Cozy Volume 1

“Sometimes, when you know exactly what you need to do, you can stand still in the eye of the hurricane.”
― Murder Most Cozy Publishing, Murder Most Cozy Volume 1

“The right thing is always the right thing. That's the beauty of it, Stormy.”
― Murder Most Cozy Publishing, Murder Most Cozy Volume 1

“Never lose hope in your quest for the truth, because even a little hope can light the way.”
― Murder Most Cozy Publishing, Murder Most Cozy Volume 1

“If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit beside me.”
― Angela Pepper, Death of a Batty Genius

“If it’s the butler, he may be a bodyguard, too. It sure looks like he’s familiar with evasive driving techniques.” Kyle snorted. “My training’s better than a butler’s.” “Sure, but do you know which tiny fork is used for escargot?”
― Angela Pepper, Death of a Modern King

“In the lives of children, pumpkins can turn into coaches, mice and rats into human beings. When we grow up, we learn that it’s far more common for human beings to turn into rats. Nothing”
― Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

“How children love the broken thing! And a puzzle is for the piecing together, especially for the young, who still believe it can be done. Adult”
― Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

“But let me remember what I choose.”
― Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

“All green things brown.”
― Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

“Shame has a dreadful smell. So”
― Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

“The woman is bad-tempered because she’s terrified.”
― Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

“In real life, you start off as nobody and usually you end that way too.”
― Adrian Howell, Wild-born

“Good is whichever side you think you are on, and evil is whichever side you are fighting, or running from.”
― Adrian Howell, Wild-born

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“Sometimes people who appear great can be the real deal. The husk, the fruit, and the kernel align.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits