"Charity groped for the phone, coming up with it at last and croaking "hello" in a voice that sounded exactly like a bullfrog's mating call. Which made a kind of twisted sense - last night she'd been hunting for a mate as well."

-- Elizabeth Jane Howard

#Hunting Quotes #Night Quotes #Voice Quotes

“We're all people", he said simply. "It doesn't matter if you're two, thirty-two, or ninety-two. Everyone wants to be treated with respect. Everyone wants to feel like they matter in this world.”

Source : Megan McCafferty (2006). “Charmed Thirds: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.59, Broadway Books
“I thank Thee, O Lord, that Thou hast so set eternity within my heart that no earthly thing can ever satisfy me wholly.”
“For generations, the body of Christ has been defeated and put under a constant siege of condemnation from the accuser because they believe wrongly that the Holy Spirit convicts believers of their sins.”
“(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.”
“The sentence 'snow is white' is true if, and only if, snow is white.”

Source : Alfred Tarski (1986). “Alfred Tarski, Collected Papers: 1935-1944”, Birkhauser
“I was in school studying civil engineering. A guy approached me on the street and said that I had a interesting look-very exotic. He told me I should try to be in the industry.”
“If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.”
“Usually when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business.”

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