Alex Quotes

Most people thought he was insane when he looked up into the sky with a simple handmade telescope and cried out that the Earth revolves around the Sun, because this was four years ago.

For something to be forbidden, Leila, someone must make it forbidden. Ask why. Always ask yourself why.

They understood what had really held the market together before. Violence. After all, what good was a debt if the creditor couldn't compel it to be paid?

A smile, like the poet's muse, Inspires passion in the lover's heart

I chew my food, leaning back into the couch. “I loved him. That’s what dumb girls do.”“You aren’t dumb.”I try to hold back my smile. “I’m hanging out with you, aren’t I?

The truth is, I always want to kiss you.

Was... That a "you've been a clever boy" kiss? Or... Uh...

you think I am going to give up now? I'm so close.

You better get used to touchy-feely around here, sweetie

And as for the enlightened, one can only pity them the deceptions of their muses.

Young girls and mass murders are tender hearted creatures

That's how most things are, " Gus replied sagely. "The theory is clean and polished, but the execution is usually an ugly, complicated mess.

Two things compel me to move. First, the fear of being alone. I don’t want to be alone here. Second, the aching need to beat Blake in any way.

I am no coward sir! I shall stand and fight!""Well, I am, " said Sal. "So can we go... please?

I had long believed adversity was the greatest teacher, but I learnt that nothing teaches you more about life than death.

Maybe in the future when life sees that we are ready for love we will meet up or stumble upon each other and it will ignite the light inside of us that we are craving right now.

There is no correct path. We pave our own roads. Don't be afraid to find your own way. ...I hate to see people hung up on "what they're supposed to do". Decide for yourself. There is no other way

From across her husband's open grave I had thought she exuded a certain foxy mystique, but now, to my disappointment, she looked just like every other mother I knew.

Economic crises breed war.

I sighed and deleted the message, imagining the dirty clothes multiplying like rabbits, because that’s what they do when I’m not around.

Have you ever suddenly realized it's someone else's mood swing and you're just along for the ride?

I have worked too damn hard encasing that beating life force into a steel box.

The secrets in his brain were like some mesmerizing drug to me.

What Mrs. Schuyler is saying, " General Schuyler added, "is that it is the Schuylers who would be honored by a union woth so brilliant and noble a personage as Colonel Hamilton.

Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome himself-nearly brought him to his knees.

For Alex to be enveloped into one of New York State's blue-ribbon families helped put to bed a lifetime of doubts and depression about his own dubious birthright.

The truth about life is complicated, indefensible and embarrassing.

Are women literal creatures? I have to admit this is not my forte.

There isn't anything you can't make run a little better, a little faster, a little smoother, if you take the time to analyse it and component-split the processes.

Penguins don't waste their time trying to fly. They’re unique. They know they were built for the water.

I've realized that, sometimes, you have to let people go. But I'm really glad I have someone to hold on to.

I believe that flowers are like people. Flowers come in different colours, shapes and sizes. Some extremely rare and some very common. They are all beautiful in their own unique way.

Life is not a one act play

She's using me. And I like it.

You've got the holy trinity of what a girl wants, she said. Cute, smart, funny. I don't think you realize that.

The problem with the snow is that it sticks to everything it touches. You can’t get rid of it. Even when it melts away, the chill still clings to your bones.

My advice to writers is this:Walk, talk, breathe, laugh, cry, fall, rise, fail, succeed, run, jump, love, hate, hide, seek, learn, work, play, feel, LIVE.Then write it down.

Listen to Mr. Complacency long enough and he'll convince you that what you really, really need is a nap.

If you're reading this, then I guess someone, somewhere does go through the rubbish and read every piece of paper that gets balled up and tossed away. So in that case here it is- my name's Sal.

There is already enough chattering nonsense on the ground. Do we really need aviaries in pressurised tin cans at 30, 000 feet as well ?

Emotions must not be part of the decision process: decisions must be clinical and well calculated.

Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.

I lie about lying, which means I can lie

Shakespeare's great."Duh. Shakespeare's cool, man.

Books are Lighthouses erected in the sea of time." Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest

Life without risk is a life that is benign and sterile.

Some of us -" She paused as she sought the words. " - don't die unless we want to. The selfish ones never do.

The one prejudice it had proved hardest to root out of a society was the one towards people whose social skills were limited.

So many people die with their dreams in their hands.

I had to break up with Medusa. I just got sick of buying mice for her hair. I should have ended it sooner, but you try looking into those eyes.