Quotes of: Fragile-thing Keyword

The master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live.

Angela's Ashes

A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.

Advice to a Young Critic

I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.

All These Things I've Done

Archer had always been inclined to think that chance and circumstance played a small part in shaping people's lots compared with their innate tendency to have things happen to them.

The Age of Innocence

...which, of course, is how I developed my love for both Kabuki theater and marshmallow Peeps.

Amelia Rules! Volume 6: True Things Adults Don't Want Kids to Know

- It doesn't do anything obvious. But it might be able to do something in here. - Then she touched her hand to her heart. - Beautiful things sometimes do.

Allegiant

Again he thought of his own losses, and he wondered why it was that the things a person had lost— or might lose— defined him more than the things he yet possessed.

Acacia: The War with the Mein

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music d...

The Analects

Yvan's a very tolerant bloke, which of course, when it comes to relationships, is the worst thing you can be. Yvan's very tolerant because he couldn't care less.

'Art'

Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can't do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are...

William S. Burroughs

Emma turned to him, bottom lip trembling. “For me?” “Always for you. All things for you. He coughed into his fist “All your own.

A Hunger Like No Other

there is one right thing for the student to do, that is, to develop the habit of weighing worths, of sensing the relative values of the facts that he meets.

How to Study and Teaching How to Study

The poor things keep calling in those – those pumbles, I think they're called – you know, the ones who mend pipes and things – " "Plumbers?" " – exactly, yes, but of course they're flummoxed.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Let all things be done in order, with right and decency. Those things are worth a man's life or two. Life without would be a hell, indeed.

How Green Was My Valley

I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.

It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

Here's some simple advice: Always be yourself. Never take yourself to seriously. And beware of advice from experts, pigs, and members of Parliament.

It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

Take note and give thanks for all the good things present in your life.

Inspire To Reach Higher Lite Edition: A-Z Empowering Quotes That I.N.S.P.I.R.E.

the important thing is not what we (look) like,but the role we play in our best friend's life.

If You Could See Me Now

When you're the most happening person at the party, it's time to leave

If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You

You find out who you are by figuring out who and what you're not

If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You

I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.

Jasper Jones