Quotes for All
With a resigned shrug, she screamed and collapsed into a faint. She stayed resolutely fainted, despite the liberal application of smelling salts, which made her eyes water most tremendously, a cramp in the back of one knee, and the fact that her new ball gown was getting most awfully wrinkled. Gail Carriger
Alexia,” she hissed to her friend, “there are knees positively everywhere. What do I do? Gail Carriger
Scotsmen, she had occasion to observe, often did have nice knees. Perhaps that was why they insisted upon kilts. Gail Carriger
Past persons of Scottishness in contact with mastermind of supernatural persuasion in London, aka Agent Doom.’ Floote moved on to the third bit of paper. “ ‘Lady K says Agent Doom assisted depraved Plan of Action. May have all been his idea.’ Moving on to the last one, he read out, Summer permits Scots to … Read more
When I am dancing, it feels like my prayer. It’s like an offering. I offer my head back to the dance, I offer my shoulders back to the dance, my elbows, my hands, my spine, my knees, my feet, my whole self, my bones, my blood, my experience, my suffering… I offer it all back … Read more
Much better than it has been all week. I got sick again this week, so I wasn’t really able to breathe. I was on antibiotics (until Wednesday). This program was so great coming here. I felt more confident than I ever have all season, more calm, more relaxed, bending the knees. So even that program … Read more
You are always going to face forces that can bring you to your knees. Gabrielle Hamilton
I have a birthmark on the inside of my left knee that resembles an upside-down sea horse. Gabourey Sidibe
Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ Ezra Taft Benson
She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the Apaches, and Ursala’s favorite, Big Foot, dying in the snow at Wounded Knee. Isn’t that where the massacre was? asked Ellen. Yes. I’m going to go there when I’m grown up. To Wounded … Read more