"As the dog sprinted back, Jack said to the girl, "Sweetheart,honey, why do you have to be so hateful?" "Why not?" Ellie said. "It's not like being good ever got me anywhere."

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Source : Ilsa J. Bick (2011). “Ashes”, p.25, Carolrhoda Lab ™

Ilsa J. Bick

#Girl Quotes #Dog Quotes #Why Not Quotes

“I . . . hit him . . . elsewhere.â€ â€œWhere?â€ â€œIn his . . .In his inguine.â€ â€œOh, dear God.â€ It was unclear whether Ralstonâ€™s words were meant as prayer or blasphemy. What was clear was that the woman was a gladiator. â€œHe called me a pie!â€ she announced, defensively. There was a pause. â€œWait. Thatâ€™s not right.â€ â€œA tart?â€ â€œYes! Thatâ€™s it!â€ She registered her brotherâ€™s fists and looked to Simon. â€œI see that it is not a compliment.â€ â€œNo. It is not.”
“Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.”

Source : "EU trade chief Peter Mandelson". Interview with Gareth Harding, www.upi.com. April 25, 2005.
“If you want to succeed in the world must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.”
“When I was ten, I wrote an essay on what I would be when I grew up and said I would be a professional soccer player and a comedian in off season.”
“Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.”
“My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I had been working purely abstractly for so long, it was important for me to see whether I was working abstractly because I couldn't work any other way, or whether I was doing it out of choice.”
“Tis easiest dealing with the firmest mind-- More just when it resists, and, when it yields, more kind.”

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