Bryce Courtenay The only thing I can say that is wonderful about my mother is she forced me to learn three verses of the Bible every day of my life, and I’ve read the Bible now five times and it taught me the English language. – Bryce Courtenay Bible Quotes Day Quotes English Quotes Forced Quotes Language Quotes Learn Quotes Life Quotes Mother Quotes Read Quotes Taught Quotes Times Quotes Verses Quotes Wonderful Quotes I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor. I’m going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins I kind of knew. I said, ‘Yeah, I’m not going to be able to play in the NBA. That’s just not going to happen. Let that dream go.’ – Austin Seferian-Jenkins
Daisy Ridley Hope makes people good, a lot of the time. You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed. – Daisy Ridley
Andrea Pirlo As a player, you get to the stage where you realise that you are not 25 anymore – and can’t play the way you used to. The intelligent players adapt – and Steven Gerrard has the ability to do that. He is an excellent passer of the ball, possesses an intelligent football brain, and has great vision. – Andrea Pirlo
Debi Gliori There are whole months at a time when my head is so full of ideas that I wake in the middle of the night and lie in the dark telling myself stories. There are also long, dark nights when I just know I’ll never write another word: I’m finished, empty, a husk… Oh dear, yes, twitch, yawn, how I’ve suffered insomnia for my art. – Debi Gliori
Siri Hustvedt The English expression ‘to fall asleep’ is apt because the transition between waking and sleeping is a gradual drop from one state of being into another: a giving up of full self-consciousness for unconsciousness or for the altered consciousness of dreams. – Siri Hustvedt
Add comment