Best one word thoughts

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• Best One Word Quotes
• One Word Quotes for Instagram and Facebook
• Top One Word Quotes on Life and Love

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The form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest number of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best. — John Adams

Life turns on small choices.
A last-minute decision to take a shortcut over a snowy pass.
A shrugging dismissal of the odd-looking man in the long coat standing off to one side.
A decision to postpone a physical exam till a less busy time.
A word spoken with the best intentions.
Looking back, after the lives are destroyed, the blood spilt, the families shattered, and even the courses of nations changed forever, the mistakes that started the doomsday clock ticking down often seem minor, even innocent-even virtuous. So easy to make.
David Eller would give anything-no, everything-to go back and undo those mistakes. But life does not give us that chance. Like everyone else, he has no choice but to dangle from the hand of that clock, trying in vain to pull them backward as they tick inexorably toward zero. — William Carmichael

Now, a third and final trait, one which, in my eyes, best describes socialists of all schools and shades, is a profound opposition to personal liberty and scorn for individual reason, a complete contempt for the individual. They unceasingly attempt to mutilate, to curtail, to obstruct personal freedom in any and all ways. They hold that the State must not only act as the director of society, but must further be master of each man, and not only master, but keeper and trainer. [«Excellent.»] For fear of allowing him to err, the State must place itself forever by his side, above him, around him, better to guide him, to maintain him, in a word, to confine him. They call, in fact, for the forfeiture, to a greater or less degree, of human liberty, [Further signs of assent.] to the point where, were I to attempt to sum up what socialism is, I would say that it was simply a new system of serfdom. — Tocqueville

May I speak each word as if my last word, and walk each step as my final one. If my life should end today, let this be my best day. — Anonymous

Obelisk?» «It’s my favorite word.» «Really?» «One of them, at least. Look at it.» I look. «That is one straight-up, upstanding, powerful word. Unique, original, and kind of stealthy because it doesn’t really sound like what it is. It’s a word that surprises you and makes you think, Oh. All right then. It commands respect, but it’s also modest. Not like ‘monument’ or ‘tower.’ » He shakes his head. «Pretentious bastards.» I don’t say anything because I used to love words. I loved them and was good at arranging them. Because of this, I felt protective of all the best ones. But now all of them, good and bad, frustrate me. — Jennifer Niven

The Latin word for sausage was botulus, from which English gets two words. One of them is the lovely botuliform, which means sausage-shaped and is a more useful word than you might think. The other word is botulism.
Sausages may taste lovely, but it’s usually best not to ask what’s actually in them. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it was a sausage-maker who disposed of the body. — Mark Forsyth

I won’t wax poetic about the land in a perfectionist sense: we work hard out here, and things constantly threaten the tiny equilibrium we’ve established in the market garden. Whatever peace we find is often hard won. But I stand firmly with Berry and Kingsolver and so many other writers who possess a deep need to step outside the city to find a place of calm. I don’t like the word «authentic»; at best, it’s divisive and antagonistic, implying one way of being is intrinsically better than another. But I do very much favour the notion of alignment. I’m convinced that at the heart of the matter lies a desire to draw what we do into alignment with how we live. Some of us aren’t in a place where we can live consistently on the land that holds our hearts, but come mishaps or miracles, we’re bound and determined to make that land as much a part of who we are as humanly possible. — Jenna Butler

To be a good storyteller one must be gloriously alive. It is not possible to kindle fresh fires from burned-out embers. I have noticed that the best of the traditional storytellers whom I have heard have been those who live close to the heart of things-to the earth, the sea, wind and weather. They have been those who knew solitude, silence. They have been given unbroken time in which to feel deeply, to reach constantly for understanding. They have come to know the power of the spoken word. These storytellers have been sailors and peasants, wanderers and fisherman. — Ruth Sawyer

Do not write. I am sad, and want my light put out.
Summers in your absence are as dark as a room.
I have closed my arms again. They must do without.
To knock at my heart is like knocking at a tomb.
Do not write!
Do not write. Let us learn to die, as best we may.
Did I love you? Ask God. Ask yourself. Do you know?
To hear that you love me, when you are far away,
Is like hearing from heaven and never to go.
Do not write!
Do not write. I fear you. I fear to remember,
For memory holds the voice I have often heard.
To the one who cannot drink, do not show water,
The beloved one’s picture in the handwritten word.
Do not write!
Do not write those gentle words that I dare not see,
It seems that your voice is spreading them on my heart,
Across your smile, on fire, they appear to me,
It seems that a kiss is printing them on my heart.
Do not write! — Louis Simpson

You know they used to use nails,» he says. «In the old days. Poor folks still do. Not the best idea, a nail in a coffin.» Bowman says nothing, but in his mind, he asks, Coffin? The man nods, smiling. He picks up something now, and shows it to Bowman, for inspection. It is a long brass screw. «That’s better,» he says. «Better than a nail. Notice anything about it?» Bowman shakes his head. «The screw runs widdershins. Back to front. ‘Gainst the clock. All the other screws in the world turn the other way to this one. But coffin screws are different. » Bowman forms a word in his mind. Why? The coffin maker smiles. «To stop them from coming back, of course. — Marcus Sedgwick

How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end — to know there’s no dream that mustn’t be dared … Is this the summit, crowning the day? How cool and quiet! We’re not exultant; but delighted, joyful; soberly astonished … Have we vanquished an enemy? None but ourselves. Have we gained success? That word means nothing here. Have we won a kingdom? No … and yes. We have achieved an ultimate satisfaction … fulfilled a destiny … To struggle and to understand — never this last without the other; such is the law … — George Mallory

Emotions, in my experience, aren’t covered by single words. I don’t believe in «sadness,» «joy,» or «regret.» Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. I’d like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions like, say, «the happiness that attends disaster.» Or: «the disappointment of sleeping with one’s fantasy.» I’d like to show how «intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members» connects with «the hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age.» I’d like to have a word for «the sadness inspired by failing restaurants» as well as for «the excitement of getting a room with a minibar.» I’ve never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I’ve entered my story, I need them more than ever. — Jeffrey Eugenides

And we often have a smile on our face and a word of encouragement, because no one can explain their loneliness to others, especially when we are always in good company. But this loneliness exists and eats away at the best parts of us because we must use all our energy to appear happy, even though we will never be able to deceive ourselves. But we insist, every morning, on showing only the rose that blooms, and keep the thorny stem that hurts — Paulo Coelho

Avery fine city; the four principal streets are the fairest for breadth, and the finest built that I have ever seen in one city together? In a word,’tis the cleanest and beautifullest, and best built city in Britain, London excepted. — Daniel Defoe

You’re the only one who can leave me completely breathless even when there’s nothing but silence between us. It’s ‘like I can lay beside you and we not say a single word and still I have the best time. — Lisa Brooks

Cursing? Do you mean hunter?» It was her best guess, for Taiga had grimaced when she used it, as though the word hurt her to say. «Nope,» said Taiga, kicking the dirt with one boot. «I mean wife. — Catherynne M Valente

You say you cannot love God; but it strikes me that if you rightly consider who and what He is, you cannot help it. He is your father, your best friend: every blessing, everything good, pleasant, or useful, comes from Him; and everything evil, everything you have reason to hate, to shun, or to fear, comes from Satan- HIS enemy as well as ours. And for this cause was God manifest in the flesh, that He might destroy the works of the Devil: in one word, God is love; and the more of love we have within us, the nearer we are to Him and the more of His spirit we possess. — Anne Bronte

As I said, you have mistaken me for another. London is full of drab little peahens, sir. Now, then, I’m leaving,» she said in a huff.
«To change?» he asked, unable to stop from goading her.
«To write a poem for my toast,» she snapped. «And you may suffer, for I will not help you with yours.»
«No need, darling,» Matthew drawled, his words intending to push her away.
«I doubt you know a suitable word that will rhyme with fuck. «
«Stuck,» she said, turning to face him. «For two days, my lord. We are stuck with one another. Let us make the best of it.»
«And how do you propose we do that?»
«By giving each other wide berth. We will not stand together, we will not talk to one another and we will most certainly not look at one another.»
«No problem from this quarter.»
«Good. You may be assured that it will be no difficulty for me, either.»
-Matthew and Jane — Charlotte Featherstone

If we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand … But until we find this new way of speaking, until we can find a nonapproximate vocabulary, nonsense words are the best thing we’ve got. Ifactifice is one such word. — Jonathan Safran Foer

The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest. One such word shaker was a small, skinny girl. She was renowned as the best word shaker of her region because she knew how powerless a person could be WITHOUT words. — Markus Zusak

The word is only a representation of the meaning; even at its best, writing almost always falls short of full meaning. Given that, why in God’s name would you want to make things words by choosing a word which is only cousin to the one you really wanted to use? — Stephen King

The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Giving the kids a programming environment of any sort, whether it’s a tool like Squeak or Scratch or Logo to write programs in a childish way — and I mean that in the most generous sense of the word, that is, playing with and building things — is one of the best ways to learn. — Nicholas Negroponte

My name is Matthew Swift. I’m a sorcerer, the only one in the city who survived Robert Bakker’s purge. I was killed by my teacher’s shadow and my body dissolved into telephone static and all they had left to bury was a bit of blood. Then we came back, and I am we and we are me, and we are the blue electric angels, creatures of the phones and the wires, the gods made from the surplus life you miserable excuse for mortals pour into all things electric. I am the Midnight Mayor, the protector of the city, the guardian of the night, the keeper of the gates, the watcher on the walls. We turned back the death of cities, we were there when Lady Neon died, we drove the creature called Blackout into the shadows at the end of the alleys, we are light, we are life, we are fire and, would you believe it, the word that best describes our condition right now is cranky.
Would you like to see what happens when you make us mad? — Kate Griffin

Stephanie was … intense. That’s the best word to describe her, Del. The best one. — Sarah Ockler

The next thing I want to say is that God’s way is always the best way. It’s the only way, really. And God’s word clearly says he created sex for one man and one woman to share only inside the commitment of marriage — Robin Jones Gunn

I believe certain doctrines because God says they are true; and the only authority I have for their truth is the Word of God. I receive such and such doctrines, not because I can prove them to be compatible with reason, not because my judgment accepts them, but because God says they are true. Now this is one of the best services we can render to God,-to submit ourselves to him in our belief of what he has revealed, and ask him to fix his truths in our hearts, and make us obey them. — Charles Spurgeon

I have always felt the word ‘advertising’ is either a diminutive or derogatory term that kind of goes with stuff people don’t like, and I always felt frustrated because I felt like I was a communication artist or a media artist. The best advertising is one of the art forms of our culture. — Lee Clow

Work helps prevent one from getting old. I, for one, cannot dream of retiring. Not now or ever. Retire? The word is alien and the idea inconceivable to me. I don’t believe in retirement for anyone in my type of work, not while the spirit remains. My work is my life. I cannot think of one without the other. To «retire» means to me to begin to die. The man who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age. Each day I am reborn. Each day I must begin again.
For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner. — Pablo Casals

Every Greek, man, woman, and child, has to two Greeks inside. We even have technical terms for them. They are a part of us, as inevitable as the fact that we all write poetry and the fact that every single one of us thinks that he knows everything that there is to know. We are all hospitable to strangers, we all are nostalgic for something, our mothers all treat their grown sons like babies, our sons all treat their mothers a sacred and beat their wives, we all hate solitude, we all try to find out from a stranger whether or not we are related, we all use every long word we know as often as we possibly can, we all go out for a walk in the evening so that we can look over each others’ fences, we all think that we are equal to the best. Do you understand?»
The captain was perplexed, «You didn’t tell me about the two Greeks inside every Greek.»
«I didn’t? Well, I must have wandered off the point. — Louis De Bernieres

People confuse the word cynicism with the word skepticism. One is «you’re not gonna pay attention to anything, think everything’s screwed up, nothing’s ever gonna work out right», that’s cynicism. But skepticism is, «you’re presented with evidence and you do your best to draw conclusions based on that». So, as the saying goes, Bill Nye, do you believe in ghosts? No. However, I would love to see one. Bring it on. I’m open minded to the idea, but the more I look into it in a skeptical frame of thinking, the less likely it seems. — Bill Nye

In all my years of word collecting, I’ve learned this to be a tried and true fact: I can very often tell how much a person loves another person by the way they say their name. i think that’s one of the best feelings in the world, when you know your name is safe in another person’s mouth. When you know they’ll never shout it out like a cuss word, but say it or whisper it like a once-upon-a-time -Felicity Pickle — Natalie Lloyd

Preface WITH THE ADVENT OF multiple modern English translations of the Bible being published over the last fifty years, Christians have come to realize that there can be a wide range of meanings and renderings of various words from the Bible in the original language. As a Hebrew teacher and student of ancient languages one of the most common questions I get is, «What is the best translation?» This is usually followed by the question, «Which translation is the closest to the original Biblical language?» The answer I give to both questions is, «All of them.» With few exceptions, every translation and paraphrase of the Bible is done with much scholarship and prayer by the translators. Every translator is convinced that he or she has presented the best renderings for each word and firmly believes they have given the rendering that is closest to the original language. So we now ask the question as to why there are — Chaim Bentorah

I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of … I guess ‘hope’ is the right word? — Eric Bachmann

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit with,hardly saying a word, and then walk away feeling like that was[the]best time you’ve ever had — Molly Detweiler

The best lines always comes out when it is not in the script. Its like when one writes — each word forming sense in a sentence dies to make its purpose alive within you. — Nikhil Sharda

As I read my poems aloud, I paid still more attention to sound in my writing. One morning as I revised, I set down a word that I knew was not right, and I heard myself think: But I can say it so that it’s right. Immediately, I knew that I had understood one of the hazards of reading aloud. Performance can paper over bad writing, or substitute for the best language. Performance is a problem, and most performance poets or slammers are actors or standup comedians and not poets; we never hear a line break and seldom a new metaphor. There are other problems with the popularity of the poetry reading, but largely the reading has been good for poetry because poets watch their own poems come back to them on the faces of listeners. One addresses not only the Muse but actual people. — Donald Hall

If a life can have a ‘theme-song’ — and I believe every worthwhile one has — mine is [best] expressed in one word: Individualism. — Ayn Rand

When God brought the first man his spouse, he brought him not just a lover but the friend his heart had been seeking. Proverbs 2:17 speaks of one’s spouse as your «‘allup,» a unique word that the lexicons define as your «special confidant» or «best friend.» In an age where women were often seen as the husband’s property, and marriages were mainly business deals and transactions seeking to increase the family’s social status and security, it was startling for the Bible to describe a spouse in this way. But in today’s society, with its emphasis on romance and sex, it is just as radical to insist that your spouse should be your best friend, though for a different reason. In tribal societies, romance doesn’t matter as much as social status, and in individualistic Western societies, romance and great sex matter far more than anything else. The Bible, however, without ignoring the importance of romance, puts great emphasis on marriage as companionship. — Timothy Keller

Used» is such an odd word, so much stranger than «secondhand.» A prefix for condoms, and there’s a certain squalor attached to the idea of reusing those. «Used books,» as if someone else has had the best of them and you get the sere husk, or the lees, as if a book isn’t the one thing, the one product, that is forever new. There’s no such thing as a used book. Or there’s no such thing as a book if it’s not being used. I — Deborah Meyler

You know I meant it. I am human. And male. And not remotely blind. Do you want me to say it again? You are distractingly, even if-that-is-not-a-real-word pretty. You are so pretty that I bullied Clay Whitaker into drawing me a picture of you so I could look at you when you aren’t around. You are so pretty that one of these days I’m going to lose a finger in my garage because I can’t concentrate with you so close to me. You are so pretty that I wish you weren’t so I wouldn’t want to hit every guy at school who looks at you, especially my best friend. — Katja Millay

Nooooooooooo!» Screaming the word, Amy and Dan moved as one.
Time slowed down, which, Dan knew from experience, often happened when you were in midair. By the time they leaped onto the hood of Fiske’s car (oops, dents), and Dan had ripped off a windshield wiper to use as a weapon (probably not the best idea, but hey, he was improvising), Scarey Harley Dude had turned around.
He strode off in his motorcycle boots, moving swiftly to his bike without seeming to hurry. His helmet back on, sunglasses adjusted, he roared off straight into the road, weaving through the thick traffic like smoke.
Amy’s face was squashed against the windshield. Dan held the wiper aloft like a club.
And Evan Tolliver stood on the sidewalk, blinking at them.
Dan waved the windshield wiper at him. «Hey, bro. We didn’t want to miss our ride. — Jude Watson

Vera had held this body when it was moments old, had washed, fed, clothed it, and on her best days she couldn’t look at her daughter without swelling with self-regard for having given birth to someone so worthy of love. Now that body had grown beyond the jurisdiction of her protection. Though it was rarely deployed in Vera’s emotional vocabulary, she could think of no better word than wonder to describe the startling closeness of just standing here beside her child. Forget Lydia’s poor choices. Forget the demons Vera could only guess at. The very fact Lydia was alive gave her mother the faith to believe she had done this one thing right. — Anthony Marra

No nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion that has been given to man and I as chief Magistrate of this nation am bound to give it the sanction of my example. Good morning Sir. [Replying on his way to church one Sunday to a friend, who said to him «You going to church Mr. J. You do not believe a word in it.»] — Thomas Jefferson

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America’s most precious discoveries and possessions. — Ambrose Bierce

Jean Louise interrupted. Hester, let me ask you something. I’ve been home since Saturday now, and since Saturday I’ve heard a great deal of talk about mongrelizin’ the race, and it’s led me to wonder if that’s not rather an unfortunate phrase, and if probably it should be discarded from Southern jargon these days. It takes two races to mongrelize a race — if that’s the right word — and when we white people holler about mongrelizin’, isn’t that something of a reflection on ourselves as a race? The message I get from it is that if it were lawful, there’d be a wholesale rush to marry Negroes. If I were a scholar, which I ain’t, I would say that kind of talk has a deep psychological significance that’s not particularly flattering to the one who talks it. At its best, it denotes an alarmin’ mistrust of one’s own race. — Harper Lee

I would say that, unfortunately, the word liberal has been redefined over the last 30 years as if it is a bad thing. But liberalism is a great American philosophy. Being a liberal is one of the best things you can be. I don’t think they get a fair shake at all in the conservative mainstream media. So maybe there’s some intimidation there. — Janeane Garofalo

How do you regret one of the best nights of your entire life? You don’t. You remember every word, every look. Even when it hurts, you still remember. — Jenny Han

What right had she to oppose him? Yet it was he who had given her freedom. The word was meaningless unless in its light each one lived up to his highest and his best. — Elizabeth Yates

The Gaians sneered at the Zhore behind their backs, calling them pacifists, as if that word were an insult, but Lirzhan did not take it as such. A peaceful solution was always best, but if one did not present itself, then so be it. — Christine Pope

If I could get the ear of every young man but for one word, it would be this: make the most and best of yourself. There is no tragedy like a wasted life
a life failing of its true end, and turned to a false end. — Thornton T. Munger

Learning to read is one of the most extraordinary gifts you’ll ever receive, so open up God’s Word and read the most extraordinary book ever written. — J.E.B. Spredemann

There is no one unique method to learn programming, but there are many best ways to deal with it. The one word that is frequently heard whenever it is asked about the best way to learn and be a good programmer is: ‘Practice. — Santosh Avvannavar

We have a special word for this,» Ralph said in normal volume. «The best translation I can think of is ‘suigenocide.’ It’s the saddest word in our language. Entire species destroyed because they could not think past their own little time period. They didn’t care about future generations, they only cared about themselves, and somehow, no one else mattered. — Christopher Steinsvold

Portraits of Integrity is sure to be a favorite with your family! It contains 45 stories of real people from history who, in the course of their lives, have been placed in situations where their character shone through. History is best remembered when learned through the stories of those who lived it! For many years, I have given to parents a list of 45 character qualities with Scripture verses to learn what God’s Word says about each one. Principles are best learned from practical examples and that is what has given birth to this book. Through the lives of people, some of whom you have heard of and some you will be meeting for the first time, you will learn how to appreciate character in the lives of others and be inspired to become people of character yourselves. I hope you will be challenged as I have to learn of people who, often at great sacrifice, strove to fulfill their responsibilities in life and as a result left to us a legacy of character! — Marilyn Boyer

The scriptures provide one of the best ways to find our course and stay on it. Scriptural knowledge also provides precious protection. For example, throughout history, infections like «childbirth fever» claimed the lives of many innocent mothers and babies. Yet the Old Testament had the correct principles for the handling of infected patients, written more than 3,000 years ago! Many people perished because man’s quest for knowledge had failed to heed the word of the Lord! — Russell M. Nelson

But you don»t get it. There are so many things I love about you. There’s your tendency to hit me on my shoulder because you think I’m saying something stupid or annoying. When you argue with me instead of letting me have the last word. The way you love to play football and embrace it. Your love for your friends and family. Your ability to forgive is impeccable. I love how you like to read even if one of your favorite books is something my best friend had written. The way you are around me, acting like yourself without a care in the world. I could tell that when you were dating my brother, you hid yourself…I knew that and I know it wasn’t you. I love how you must think that your violence can be categorized in type of real aggression disorder but it’s just you. I love how you can basically eat the whole world in front of me and how you can stand by me even when I make the biggest mistakes. I wish I could spend my entire life telling you I love you because there’s so many more reasons. — Nikki20038

I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Storm’s End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest.» He looked at Jaime defiantly. «I will defend King Tommen with all my strength, I swear it. I will give my life for his if need be. But I will never betray Renly, by word or deed. He was the king that should have been. He was the best of them. — George R R Martin

Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry’s haunting curse, the Incomplete! — Robert Browning

It would be a poor result of all our anguish and our wrestling if we won nothing but our old selves at the end of it
if we could return to the same blind loves, the same self-confident blame, the same light thoughts of human suffering, the same frivolous gossip over blighted human lives, the same feeble sense of the Unknown towards which we have sent forth irrepressible cries in our loneliness. Let us rather be thankful that our sorrow lives in us as an indestructable force, only changing its form, as forces do, and passing from pain into sympathy
the one poor word which includes all our best insight and our best love. — George Eliot

America is best described by one word, freedom. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and preachers, to impose the Bible on the world as a mass of truth, and as the word of God; they have disputed and wrangled, and have anathematized each other about the supposable meaning of particular parts and passages therein; one has said and insisted that such a passage meant such a thing, another that it meant directly the contrary, and a third, that it meant neither one nor the other, but something different from both; and this they have called understanding the Bible.
It has happened, that all the answers that I have seen to the former part of ‘The Age of Reason’ have been written by priests: and these pious men, like their predecessors, contend and wrangle, and understand the Bible; each understands it differently, but each understands it best; and they have agreed in nothing but in telling their readers that Thomas Paine understands it not. — Thomas Paine

For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one’s fellow travelers. — Abraham Verghese

What does NOT work best for anyone, though, is being forced to keep a Windows partition around just to play video games. The best operating system for playing games is the one that lets you keep your word processor, instant messenger, email, and music player open in the background while you play. The worst is the one that will force you to shut all that down just to screw around for a few minutes. — Ryan C. Gordon

We are not going to decide this with a game of cards,» Sebastian grout. «Besides, the decision has been made.»
«Oh? Tristan arched a brow. «And who is it to be then?»
«You. You’re the one who allowed her in here and then let her stay.»
He’d expected his brother to protest. Instead, he simply gave up curt nod.
«Right, then. I’d best go ask for her hand while she still in London. Word is that her father sending her away.»
He taken but two steps before Sebastian and ground out, «Damn you, Tristan. You know it will be me. — Lorraine Heath

The best advice you can give anyone consists of one word only, given at precisely the right moment. — Glen McDiarmid

I did what I thought was best.’
And so you kidnapped me,’ she said bitterly.
‘If you recall I offered you the option of residing with my relatives. You refused.’
‘I want to be independent.’
‘One doesn’t have to be alone to be independent.’
Victoria couldn’t think of a suitable rebuttal to that statement, so she remained silent.
‘When I marry you,’ Robert said softly, ‘I want it to be a partnership in every sense of the word. I want to consult you on matters of land management and tenant care. I want us to decide together how to raise our children. I don’t know why you are so certain that loving me means losing yourself. — Julia Quinn

Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you. — Pythagoras

I wonder if you know just what it means to pious?»
«Goin’ to church, and readin’ the Bible, and sayin’ prayers and hymns, ain’t it?»
«Those things are a part of it; but being kind and cheerful, doing one’s duty, helping others, and loving God, is the best way to show that are pious in the true sense of the word. — Louisa May Alcott

Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done. — Ben Harper

If I had to choose one which best characterized the condition of being a political leader in Athens, the word would be «tension». — Moses Finley

In fact, I argue that the future of advertising, whatever the technology, will be to associate each brand with one word. This is one word equity. It’s the modern equivalent of having the best site on the high street, except the location is in the mind. — Maurice Saatchi

I have an addictive personality. Sport is my drug of choice these days. It’s one of the best drugs there is. It keeps you fit and healthy, even if, in the case of ironman, it pushes your body to the limit. The word «addiction» comes with negative connotations, but it doesn’t have to be a damaging impulse. It’s all about channeling your craving into something positive. — Chrissie Wellington

Ivy hugs me tighter. «Wonderful, Rylan. This is good to know. And thank you for calling me…your friend. I love being called that.»
Love. My cheeks catch fire and my heart races as we continue holding each other. That word has become so foreign in my house, ever since my dad started distancing himself. But here’s my best friend using it in a way that makes me feel like everything’s okay and I’m whole again.
It’s the same one word — the only word — that could describe what I’m feeling for Ivy. — Colleen Boyd

One word defines the essence of surfing better for me than any other — stoke . One of the best things about stoke is that you can pass it along to someone who has never heard the expression. — Shaun Tomson

I reject the word ‘script’ entirely-at any rate in the usual sense. I prefer the old usage-usually scenario-which it had in the Commedia dell’Arte, meaning an outline or scheme: it implies a dynamism, a number of ideas and principles from which one can set out to find the best possible approach to filming. — Jacques Rivette

listen. 15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. — Lysa TerKeurst

Ignorance is a treasure of infinite price that most men squander, when they should cherish its least fragments; some ruin it by educating themselves, others, unable to so much as conceive of making use of it, let it waste away. Quite on the contrary, we should search for it assiduously in what we think we know best. Leaf through a dictionary or try to make one, and you will find that every word covers and masks a well so bottomless that the questions you toss into it arouse no more than an echo. — Paul Valery

Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. «Once upon a time» is how all the best children’s stories begin, and «prostitute» is a word for adults. How can I start a book with this apparent contradiction? But since, at every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss, let’s keep that beginning. — Paulo Coelho

But my point, Mattie — if I have a point, Mattie — is this: kind of try to live up to the best that’s in you. If you give your word to people, let them know that they’re getting the word of the best. If you room with some dopey girl at college, try to make her less dopey. If you’re standing outside a theater and some old gal comes up selling gum, give her a buck if you’ve got a buck — but only if you can do it without patronizing her. That’s the trick, baby.’ -Last Day of the Last Furlough — J.D. Salinger

Why am I feeling guilty? Why is he so mad? I peek up at him. «Well, you know a lot more about me now,» he snaps, his mouth presses into a hard line. «I knew you were inexperienced, but a virgin!» He says it like it’s a really dirty word. «Hell, Ana, I just showed you … » he groans. «May God forgive me. Have you ever been kissed, apart from by me?» «Of course I have.» I try my best to look affronted. Okay … maybe twice. «And a nice young man hasn’t swept you off your feet? I just don’t understand. You’re twenty-one, nearly twenty-two. You’re beautiful.» He runs his hand through his hair again. Beautiful. I flush with pleasure. Christian Grey thinks I’m beautiful. I knot my fingers together, staring at them hard, trying to conceal my goofy grin. — E.L. James

I thrust Sophie into a corner, blocking her with my body. She panted and snagged her lower lip in her teeth. «This is not my life,» she insisted.
I looked at her solemnly. «I’m afraid it is. But it doesn’t have to be for long. Let’s just get through this. Then things go back to normal for you.»
«Like they keep going back to normal for you?» Sophie hissed. «Ghost of your mother, psycho ex-best friend, company agent dating your dad, psychic vampire ex-boyfriend, werewolf current boyfriend — by the way, I can’t blame you for that one,» she confessed, eyes round as she mouthed the word whoa before continuing with her list, «Trip to the asylum, attempts against your life, vigilante father … «
«Hey, the last ones are brand new. And the vigilante father thing? He’ll revert.»
«Anyhow, I’m not so keen on your concept of normal.» I caught her staring at me. — Shannon Delany

Returning the Pencil to Its Tray Everything is fine — the first bits of sun are on the yellow flowers behind the low wall, people in cars are on their way to work, and I will never have to write again. Just looking around will suffice from here on in. Who said I had to always play the secretary of the interior? And I am getting good at being blank, staring at all the zeroes in the air. It must have been all the time spent in the kayak this summer that brought this out, the yellow one which went nicely with the pale blue life jacket — the sudden, tippy buoyancy of the launch, then the exertion, striking into the wind against the short waves, but the best was drifting back, the paddle resting athwart the craft, and me mindless in the middle of time. Not even that dark cormorant perched on the No Wake sign, his narrow head raised as if he were looking over something, not even that inquisitive little fellow could bring me to write another word. — Billy Collins

Recall that epic heroes were judged by their actions, not by the results. No matter how sophisticated our choices, how good we are at dominating the odds, randomness will have the last word. We are left only with dignity as a solution — dignity defined as the execution of a protocol of behavior that does not depend on the immediate circumstance. It may not be the optimal one, but it certainly is the one that makes us feel best. Grace under pressure, for example. Or in deciding not to toady up to someone, whatever — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In the past, most of us were content to have a job that simply paid the bills. But now, we crave so much more in our work. We want fulfillment, creative challenge, growth, joy and a sense that we are living for something more than ourselves. In a word, we seek meaning. One of the best ways to find the higher meaning in the work you do is to use the technique of creative questioning to become aware of the impact your work has on the world around you. Ask yourself questions like, Who ultimately benefits from the products and services my company offers? or What difference do my daily efforts make? Once you do so, you will start noticing the connection between the work you do and the lives you touch. This will inspire you. — Robin S. Sharma

3. Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy’s plans; [Perhaps the word «balk» falls short of expressing the full force of the Chinese word, which implies not an attitude of defense, whereby one might be content to foil the enemy’s stratagems one after another, but an active policy of counter-attack. Ho Shih puts this very clearly in his note: «When the enemy has made a plan of attack against us, we must anticipate him by delivering our own attack first.»] the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy’s forces; [Isolating him from his allies. We must not forget that Sun Tzu, in speaking of hostilities, always has in mind the numerous states or principalities into which the China of his day was split up.] the next in order is to attack the enemy’s army in the field; [When he is already at full strength.] and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities. 4. The rule is, not to besiege walled cities if it can possibly be avoided. — Sun Tzu

Still I should paint my own places best; painting is with me but another word for feeling, and I associate «my careless boyhood» with all that lies on the banks of the Stour; those scenes made me a painter, and I am grateful; that is, I had often thought of pictures of them before ever I touched a pencil, and your picture [‘The White Horse’] is one of the strongest instance I can recollect of it. — John Constable

The way he said her name made my heart cramp. In all my years of word collecting, I’ve learned this to be a tried and true fact: I can very often tell how much a person loves another person by the way they say their name. I think that’s one of the best feelings in the world, when you know your name is safe in another person’s mouth. When you know they’ll never shout it out like a cuss word, but say it or whisper it like a once-upon-a-time. — Natalie Lloyd

Sound is one of the best most powerful tools. All the ancient traditions confirm that in the beginning was the word. Sound sort of predates form. — MC Yogi

Suggestions? Put it aside for a few days, or longer, do other things, try not to think about it. Then sit down and read it (printouts are best I find, but that’s just me) as if you’ve never seen it before. Start at the beginning. Scribble on the manuscript as you go if you see anything you want to change. And often, when you get to the end you’ll be both enthusiastic about it and know what the next few words are. And you do it all one word at a time. — Neil Gaiman

Satire is an art best practiced behind the back of the intended target. I think inviting politicians on a satirical show becomes a very big trap. Because one of two things happen: Either you have to kind of unsharpen your fangs because you can’t be quite as cruel to people to their face as you are behind their backs … Or you don’t defang, and those guests get the word and they stop coming. — Harry Shearer

The best way to keep relationships happy, healthy, and supportive can be summed up in one word: appreciation. What you appreciate, appreciates. When we demonstrate our appreciation for the support we receive from others, it reinforces that behavior and deepens our connection to them. — Marci Shimoff

The Word of God isn’t for one particular season. It’s for every season. But in its specific application, it’s best read from Thanksgiving to Christmas. — Louie Giglio

If you are impeccable with your word, if you don’t take anything personally, if you don’t make assumptions, if you always do your best, then you are going to have a beautiful life. You are going to control your life one hundred percent. — Miguel Ruiz

Baseball isn’t just a game. It’s life being played out on a field — a field of dreams — on diamonds of green, where players pursuing their dreams try to be the best they can be on the grandest stage of all — where men become boys and boys become men, all speaking one universal language without uttering a single word. — Tom Tatum

Don’t you think,» said Father Rothschild gently, «that perhaps it is all in some way historical? I don’t think people ever want to lose their faith either in religion or anything else. I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence. I think all these divorces show that. People aren’t content just to muddle along nowadays … And this word «bogus» they all use … They won’t make the best of a bad job nowadays. My private schoolmaster used to say, «If a thing’s worth doing at all, it’s worth doing well.» My Church has taught that in different words for several centuries. But these young people have got hold of another end of the stick, and for all we know it may be the right one. They say, «If a thing’s not worth doing well, it’s not worth doing at all.» It makes everything very difficult for them. — Evelyn Waugh