What do they say about meeting a bear in the woods? Oh right, you shouldn't. And to make sure you don't, you should make a lot of noise so that they'll will know where you are and keep their distance because, supposedly, they're as nervous of us as we are of them. Which is all goo, except this bear doesn't seem the least bit nervous. He's giving me a look like I'm Goldilocks, ate his porridge, broke his chair, slept in his bed, and now it's payback time."- Widdershins
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Related The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony.... ... That's what's happening.... DEYTH BANGER She ate from my plates and wore my clothes and slept in my bed like Goldilocks while the benevolent,... ANN PATCHETT i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... DALLY SALAD You have no idea how hard this is for me, but...maybe, this isn't the right time. Not now, in a vamp... JULIE KAGAWA You have to be a little nervous about this number. This is going to do nothing but make us focus mor... KEN TOWER Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 If you hav... MEISTER ECKHART You are all soldiers of Christ," he said, "and now is an opportunity given to you to show that you a... G.A. HENTY We are all friends. Of course, when you come in as a freshman, you're kind of nervous because you do... ALYSSA VANDERVEUR I like a puzzle, as you know. So does every scholar worth his salt. It's the reward of the business,... ELIZABETH KOSTOVA There are people, who come into the room and make it light, who appear in your life as a holiday! Th... SVETLANA SHCHEDRINA | LUCKYOPTIMIST If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan... CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON He's a wallflower." And Bob nodded his head. And the whole room nodded their head. And i started to ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have ... RANDY JOHNSON There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is ... SALMAN RUSHDIE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Too many of us wait to do the perfect thing, with the result we do nothing. The way to get ahead is ... Too many of us wait to do the perfect thing, with the result we do nothing. The way to get ahead is ... WILLIAM FEATHER Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. He sighed. "You want to live in your church, going about your life as if you're like everyone else."... KIM HARRISON Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. A... PABLO PICASSO If you want a safe compass to guide you through life, and to banish all doubt as to the right way of... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER If you want a safe compass to guide you through life, and to banish all doubt as to the right way of... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER God is always on time, it may not be the time you are expecting, but hes on time. Just like he said ... ARTHLENE LAUDAT LAWRENCE It's important to be a divergent musician and do a little bit of everything, except you have to ... ANSEL ELGORT You know, this porridge isn't at all bad," Simon said, digging in. George nodded enthusiastically, h... CASSANDRA CLARE You hand fits in mine like its made to be but bear this in mind it was meant to be and im joining up... ONE DIRECTION In any kind of relationship we can make the assumption that others know what we think, and we don’... MIGUEL RUIZ They are losers indeed who reject the meeting of Allah; until when the hour comes upon them all of a... QURAN I know I'm the one who put limits on this... this thing," she said, and bit her lower lip, suddenly ... JILL SHALVIS A writer is a dangerous friend. Everything you say, all of your life and experience, is fodder for o... RANDY MURRAY You nervous about doing this on camera?” Chance tilted his head a little, considering. ... AMY LANE If you can control a mans thinking, you dont have to worry about his actions. If you can determine w... CARTER WOODSON Men will allow God to be everywhere but on his throne. They will allow him to be in his workshop to ... CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON There's a lot of nervousness in the markets already, but what do you get nervous about now. The fact... JASON KENNEY I am always hearing. . . the sound of a far off song. I do not exactly know where it is, or what it ... GEORGE MACDONALD The kids are nervous and the mentor is nervous, because they are meeting someone they don't know who... JANET TRINKAUS I would it's definitely well deserved because the class sizes are small and the teachers make sure y... SARA ANDERSON It's up to you to decide now, and what you choose to do about it will affect the rest of your life, ... ROSALEEN DICKSON I always talk about that big jump guys make between their first and second year, and Kenechi is righ... BRIAN BAKER The Bear and the Two Travelers
Two men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on the... AESOP The Bear and the Fox
A bear boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was... AESOP Save your ass, give my ass.... what a friend you are... DEYTH BANGER The beauty comes with the balance. Everyone should find his own balance in his personal as well as h... KAROLINA KURKOVA You are the commanders, your men will look to you and act as you do. Let no officer keep to himself ... STEVEN PRESSFIELD Ivanov: A naive man is a fool. But you women are clever enough to be naive so that it comes out in y... ANTON CHEKHOV If you're not nervous, it's not important to you. There's a difference between being nervous and bei... DICK LEE They shouldnt teach their immigrants' kids all about democracy unless they mean to let them have a l... JAMES JONES I like it too," Angelo said. "I love this country. Much you and anybody, and you know it." JAMES JONES The Ass and the Frogs
AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond. As he
was crossing t... AESOP Everything that comes to us is a blessing or a test. That’s all you need to know in this life…ju... DOROTHY ALLISON I mean..." Levi leaned forward, hands still fisted in his pockets. "I mean, I spent four months tryi... RAINBOW ROWELL (I've been) a bit nervous, because you think it's like a job interview - if you want to put it that ... JAMIE KENNEDY By the time you swear you are his, shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is infinite and un... DOROTHY PARKER He had no faintest conception till that very hour of how they would look, and even doubted their exi... C.S. LEWIS I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON “When the burdens of life, Seem almost impossible to bear. Just know that your friends love you, a... TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN There are many who consider as an injury to themselves any conduct which they have a distaste for, a... JOHN STUART MILL If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Maman told me that every time you smile, a very tiny bit of the smile stays stuck to your face, so a... CLAIRE KING I once lived in a place where the opinion of others mattered. It suffocated me, nearly broke me. So ... SARAH J. MAAS Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Christ became ever ... A. J. GOSSIP Tonight is a night to turn heads. Make them remember you. Make sure they never forget. You are the C... RENEE AHDIEH Whatever you do in life will be insignificant. but it is very important that you do it because, You ... WILL FETTERS If you look at him, you would think he's 20-something. He takes care of his body ... look in his loc... KEARY COLBERT Maybe this is kind of cliche, but animals, well, dogs, are what I do for a living. One reason I like... MERRILL MARKOE You know what bothers me more? Whether or not a member of the White House leaked the identity of a C... ALAN COLMES Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 If you w... A. J. GOSSIP Jill, of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do w... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make,... EMILY GIFFIN Style! style! why, all writers will tell you that it is the very
thing which can least of all be c... ISAAC D'ISRAELI I did it because he wasn't fair to you. Because you deserve credit for what you've done. Because he ... RICHELLE MEAD I know you want her back, kid. And I know that people saying things like 'there are plenty more fish... KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND You have to laugh about things. Knowing full well, they are going to be a little nervous. You just h... BOBBY MEACHAM What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of ... RAYMOND CHANDLER As the uneasiness and reluctance to face it cut him off more and more from all real happiness, and a... C.S. LEWIS Then what do you want?" she asked, meeting his intense gaze. "You, Haven. Always you. I'm fucki... LAURA KAYE Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of... BRET EASTON ELLIS No one, I'm sure, wants to be perceived as leaving a city in its hardest moment. How that will bear ... HENRY CISNEROS One of the biggest misperceptions about places of genius, I’m discovering, is that they are akin t... ERIC WEINER You accused me of murder. Do you make a habit of bringing schoolgirls into an interview room with mu... DEREK LANDY I think of us as a people who inoculate ourselves against a plague of insanity with a powerful anti-... SPIDER ROBINSON Henry would never come right out and tell Eddie not to do something; would never just walk up to him... STEPHEN KING In disposing of your property by will, be sure that you do not forget God's cause. You are his agent... ELLEN G. WHITE Our other dives are solid and you know you're not going to stuff it up but this is the one dive wher... BREE COLE He lays me on the bed. I say, right before he kisses me again, “If you kiss me again, I’m going ... RICK YANCEY Each day is too short for all the things I want to do, and all the people I want to spend some time ... FEMALE IMAGINATION My parents always told me, 'Do what you love because that is what you will do well in.' They... DYLAN LAUREN In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who... IAN ANDERSON It helps the bear out to not have to keep his mouth closed the whole time. It's kind of unfair to th... LANCE PALMER They're a physical team. They don't do a lot of jazz and all that stuff. They run the ball right at ... BRENNAN SCHMIDT Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you hav... EDGAR WRIGHT You are giving an eternal pleasure of life that one can give the maximum enthusiasm to make his lovi... NISHI DE SILVA All your peers are standing behind you saying, 'Oh, his parents don't make a lot of money,' ... That... ANN HARRIS Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to i... PAULINE RéAGE Your daddy is standing in a swimming pool out a little bit from the edge. You are, let’s say, thre... JOHN PIPER What do you believe in?’ asked David. ‘I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else i... JOHN CONNOLLY Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT Until you have a son of your own . . . you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that res... KENT NERBURN When the hypocrites come to you, they say: We bear witness that you are most surely Allah's Apostle;... QURAN
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Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and... CHARLES DE LINT Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician.... CHARLES DE LINT I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend ... CHARLES DE LINT I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience ... CHARLES DE LINT Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its ... CHARLES DE LINT When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, a... CHARLES DE LINT Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. CHARLES DE LINT That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays inv... 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CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU The less men think, the more they talk. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU Liberty is the right to do what the law permits. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name o... CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwe... CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and th... CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happines... CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU One cannot govern with 'buts'. CHARLES DE GAULLE Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. CHARLES DE GAULLE My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial. 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CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage. CHARLES DE SECONDAT The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles. CHARLES DE SECONDAT People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same ti... CHARLES DE SECONDAT Stars are cracks of light for night than pierces the heart. (Étoiles sont fissures de lumière - De... CHARLES DE LEUSSE There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic. CHARLES DE SECONDAT An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future gener... CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU The perfection preached in the Gospels never yet built up an empire. Every man of action has a stron... CHARLES DE GAULLE How can one conceive of a one party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese. 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CHARLES DE GAULLE The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men. CHARLES DE GAULLE An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on bor... CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU Nails can be varnished, But they also claw. (Ongles peuvent être vernis, - Mais ils griffent aussi.... CHARLES DE LEUSSE Judas did not make only one kiss. (Judas n'a pas fait qu'une seule bise) CHARLES DE LEUSSE Shoe strangles the foot. But it advances. (La chaussure étrangle le pied. - Mais elle fait avancer) CHARLES DE LEUSSE Close the door by leaving." Close the mouth by dying ... ("Ferme la porte en partant." - Ferme la bo... CHARLES DE LEUSSE The black clouds make the black sea. (Les nuages noirs - Font la mer noire)” CHARLES DE LEUSSE The Smile of a Child enlarge the universe. (D'un enfant le sourire - Agrandit l'univers) CHARLES DE LEUSSE A kiss on one cheek makes her blush both cheeks. (Un bisou sur une joue - Fait rougir les deux joues... CHARLES DE LEUSSE A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends. CHARLES DE GAULLE Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he
realizes himself. CHARLES DE GAULLE Revenge tightens the heart as much as the jaw. (La vengeance serre le cœur - Autant que la mâchoir... CHARLES DE LEUSSE A heart of stone is a sculpture? (Un cœur de pierre - Est une sculpture ?) CHARLES DE LEUSSE Binoculars see from far when near the eyes. Far from self, near the heart, in love. (Les jumelles vo... CHARLES DE LEUSSE Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatalit... CHARLES DE SECONDAT They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very... CHARLES DE SECONDAT Kissing hides the lips; but shows our love. (S'embrasser cache les lèvres ; - Mais montre notre amo... CHARLES DE LEUSSE One kiss, two lips. One love, two bodies. (Un baiser, ce sont deux lèvres. - Un amour, ce sont deux... CHARLES DE LEUSSE If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to ... CHARLES DE SECONDAT No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU Historians conquer the past, not the future. (Les historiens conquièrent - Le passé, non l'avenir) CHARLES DE LEUSSE Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans. CHARLES DE SECONDAT The waves lie down on the beach; Your hair on your back of angel. (Les vagues s’allongent sur la p... CHARLES DE LEUSSE The medals of the dead heroes are the coins for the future. (Les médailles des héros morts - Sont ... CHARLES DE LEUSSE Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenti... CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU Rail longer than train cars ; and the hope than our reasons. (Rail plus long que les wagons ; - Et l... CHARLES DE LEUSSE