Good qualities never cancel out the bad, just as sugar is no antidote for poison.
Do not dress in clothes made of leaves when going to put out a fire.
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
If you do good to the Devil, out of gratitude he will deliver you to hell.
When hard work goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window.
When the cook and the steward fall out, we hear who stole the butter.
He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a snake.
Of two cowards, the one who finds the other out first has the advantage.
He who is desperate will squeeze oil out of a grain of sand.
Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.
One good word puts out the flames better than a bucket of water.
The wife is twice precious only; when led into the house, and when taken out.
Until you have smoked out the bees, you can't eat the honey.
Lovers always think that other people have had their eyes put out.
Alone in her shelter, she allowed herself tears. When her shelter cooled to the touch she called to Gull, “Coming out!” She eased her head out into the smoky air, looked over at Gull. She imaged they both looked like a couple of sweaty, parboiled...
The obsession was gone. We liked each other, even loved each other. And our sex was still good, but the hunger was gone. Either it just wore out or we wore each other out. A passion like that pushes everything else out of its path. You can't be marri...
If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it woul...
He falls quiet again and tries to understand how he can be saying these things, how it can be that his dark words are coming out into the light and yet he is still alive. At once he storms the doorway that has suddenly opened for him in the endless c...
I wasn't aware that was how I felt, either, until it was out. And now that I've said it like that, I'm not exactly sure it is how I feel. But this isn't a piece of paper I can crumple up and throw away. they aren't words I can cross out to start over...
Never stop having doubts. If you ever do, it will be because you’ve stopped moving forward, and at that point, God will step in and pull the rug out from under your feet, because that is His way of controlling His chosen ones, by making sure they a...
Aren’t they supposed to be hiring someone else to train me full-time ?” “Yes,” he said, getting up and pulling her to her feet along with him,“ and I’m worried that if you get into the habit of making out with your instructors, you’ll w...
