Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Sometimes the course of our lives depends on what we do or don't do in a few seconds, a heartbeat, when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it. Miss the moment and you never get a chance again.
The less you can live on, the more chance your idea will succeed. This is true even after you’ve 'made it'.
We kiss all the time." I clear my throat, then add, "We just...do it in private." "A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder." "A reminder of w-w-what?" "That you were mine.
It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body is given a chance to develop a little strength.
When you consider what a chance women have to poison their husbands, it's a wonder there isn't more of it done.
No, Miss Palmer. What is bizarre is that I currently have a vagina.
He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.
Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.†“I hardly think there’s any chance of that,†Amelie said. "I doubt you have the capacity.