I hate it when storm clouds roll in, heralded by dazzling claps of thunder and lightning that boast an ocean of tears. This majestic performance of bad temper manages to overshadow my pathetic attempts at pouting. No one broods like Mother Nature, hence she steals all the attention I was sulking after.
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Related I would kiss you in the middle of the ocean during a lightning storm cuz I'd rather be left for d... ANDREA GIBSON I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON This time when she picked up her paints, she didn’t think, she just painted. It was like opening t... MICHELLE FROST Pain. I seem to have an affection, a kind of sweettooth for it. Bolts of lightning, little rivulets ... TONI MORRISON It's not wrong to feel sorry for yourself. Just like it's not wrong to stand in a puddle of water wh... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH The richest people are those who have an abundance of what we take with us into the next life. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The cleare... BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ I love you sounds best spoken in quiet acts of kindness. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Thunder and lightning. I have never - never - skied in thunder and lightning. It was a trip, for sur... JOHN BAUER When I was young, I thought it is thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in the high s... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Surround yourself with the colours of nature, after all no one does it better than mother nature DARLENE WATSON So you want to improve the world? Then do it. To the next person who crosses your path, say somethin... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Don't sink too deep into yourself. That is the secret to happiness. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person. ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au... ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about. ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media. ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive. ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ... ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken. ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows. ZARA PHILLIPS My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, real... ZARA PHILLIPS The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise tha... ZARA PHILLIPS In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. ... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don... ZARA PHILLIPS I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd ra... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one. ZARA PHILLIPS Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. KING JAMES I My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them... MARIE ANTOINETTE I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascina... WALLIS SIMPSON PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' bea... WALLIS SIMPSON I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the w... WALLIS SIMPSON I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave. WALLIS SIMPSON I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me. WALLIS SIMPSON A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compe... WALLIS SIMPSON Never explain, never complain. WALLIS SIMPSON You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance. WALLIS SIMPSON I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers. WALLIS SIMPSON For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. WALLIS SIMPSON Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting. WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin. WALLIS SIMPSON A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. KING SOLOMON It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most... FREDERICK THE GREAT Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All... KATE MIDDLETON There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. MARIE ANTOINETTE I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. MARIE ANTOINETTE I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It... QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. QUEEN VICTORIA I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman. KING JAMES I I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. CHARLES V I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister. KATE MIDDLETON
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GOODRICH My mother does not own my hands, though she works hard to train them. My mother does not own m... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH One of the strongest loves I’ve ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH I stumble and fall. I weep and struggle to rise. My mom feels it all. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH It's impossible to be involved in all situations, but there's no excuse not to be involved in someth... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH If only I could see myself from the same vantage point that I observe the world; I might judge my be... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH From good examples we learn how to be. From bad examples we learn how not to be. An observant... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH I might be tempted to socialize more if the conversations taking place around me were half as intere... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH People search the world over looking for someone to love them, when they should be searching for som... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, revenge are deceitful brothers—vile, beguiling demons promisi... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH It's not my job to make you happy. It's your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Time is an imp—a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH The truth is, when you have little to do, you do very little. But when you have much to do, you do m... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH You can do things. Do you know this? Do you believe it? You should. It’s true... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH To get it done and see it thru, find less to say and more to do. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Your tongue tends to say more about you when it blabs about other people. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH There are things that make no sense, that seem unreal, that can’t be grasped RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Are you ready to go home, Catherine?” he asked. “It’s warm inside the house. I kept a fire goi... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH A dreadful thing one day befell me when a horse came to stand on my toe. Having no power to... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Aging is a mortal term that my immortal spirit doesn't quite grasp. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Love is many kind acts accumulated over time that leave us feeling wonderful. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH