“Just remember, when someone has an accent, it means that he knows one more language than you do.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Windmills of the Gods
“Even when lightning flashes inside them [clouds], we say they are only clouds and turn our attention to the next meal, next pain, next breath, the next page. This is how we go on.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Windmills of the Gods
“If you believe in what you are doing, then you must fight for it. You must stay. Do not let anyone frighten you away.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Windmills of the Gods
“In the end, each of us is alone, but in the meantime, we must all huddle together to give one another comfort and warmth.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Windmills of the Gods
“It's coming face to face with death that magnifies the values of life force..”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Windmills of the Gods
Sidney Sheldon
Born place: in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
Born date February 11, 1917
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“His self-respect was at its lowest ebb.”
― C.S. Forester, quote from Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
“We were in the middle of a scene, and this crazy woman comes roaring out of the crowd, screaming, grabs my whip, and damned if she didn’t punch me.” Rubbing his reddened chin, the man’s lips curved a little. “It’s almost funny, but still, she ruined our scene.”
― Cherise Sinclair, quote from Club Shadowlands
“Mr. Upchurch,” she fumbled. “I . . . I must take my leave directly. But before I go, allow me to say how sorry I am for the callous way I treated you in the past. I regret it most keenly.”
His heart squeezed even as he felt his brows rise. “Do you?”
She swallowed. “I was wrong about you. I was wrong about a great many things.”
― Julie Klassen, quote from The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
“After a long moment, the Countess sat back down. "So," she said. "You … do love her. I must say, you look peculiarly resigned to it."
He shrugged. "It is not fresh news for me."
"And for Emma?"
"Neither welcomed nor openly acknowledged."
"But acknowledged all the same, you believe."
"Perhaps," he said. "I cannot know. Not anymore."
-Delphinia, Lady Chad and Julian”
― Meredith Duran, quote from The Duke of Shadows
“I Am Vertical
But I would rather be horizontal.
I am not a tree with my root in the soil
Sucking up minerals and motherly love
So that each March I may gleam into leaf,
Nor am I the beauty of a garden bed
Attracting my share of Ahs and spectacularly painted,
Unknowing I must soon unpetal.
Compared with me, a tree is immortal
And a flower-head not tall, but more startling,
And I want the one's longevity and the other's daring.
Tonight, in the infinitesimal light of the stars,
The trees and flowers have been strewing their cool odors.
I walk among them, but none of them are noticing.
Sometimes I think that when I am sleeping
I must most perfectly resemble them--
Thoughts gone dim.
It is more natural to me, lying down.
Then the sky and I are in open conversation,
And I shall be useful when I lie down finally:
The the trees may touch me for once, and the flowers have time for me.
"I Am Vertical", 28 March 1961”
― Sylvia Plath, quote from The Collected Poems
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