Panuse De Porumb Quotes

#1. It was now autumn, and I made up my mind to make, before winter set in, an excursion across Normandy, a country with which I was not acquainted. It must be borne in mind that I began with Rouen, and for a week I wandered about enthusiastic with admiration, in that picturesque town of the Middle Ages, in that veritable museum of extraordinary Gothic monuments.

Well, one afternoon, somewhere about four o'clock, as I happened to be passing down an out-of-the-way by-street, in the middle of which flowed a deep river, black as ink, named the Eau de Robec, my attention wholly directed to examining the bizarre and antique physiognomy of the houses, was all of a sudden attracted by the sight of a series of shops of furniture brokers, one after the other, from door to door along the street. Ah! these second-hand brokers had well chosen their locality, these sordid old traffickers of bric-a-brac, in this fantastic alley leading up from stream of that sinister dark water, under the steep pointed overhanging gables of tiled roofs and projecting shingle eaves, where the weathercocks of the past still creaked overhead. ("Who Knows?") #Quote by Guy De Maupassant

#2. To be loved by someone is to realize how much they share the same needs that lie at the heart of our own attraction to them. Albert Camus suggested that we fall in love with people because, from the outside, they look so whole, physically whole and emotionally 'together' - when subjectively we feel dispersed and confused. We would not love if there were no lack within us, but we are offended by the discovery of a similar lack in the other. Expecting to find the answer, we find only the duplicate of our own problem. #Quote by Alain De Botton

#3. I listen with attention to the judgment of all men;
but so far as I can remember,
I have followed none but my own. #Quote by Michel De Montaigne

#4. Respect for human rights requires transparent and accountable institutions and governance as well as the effective participation of all individuals and civil society, who are an essential part of realizing social and people-centred sustainable development. #Quote by Alfred-Maurice De Zayas

#5. The one thing the police cannot protect us from is a politician like Bill de Blasio. #Quote by Bill O'Reilly

#6. A lively retrospect summons back to us once more our youth, with vivid reflex of its early joys and unstained pleasures. #Quote by Alfred De Musset

#7. I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve. #Quote by Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

#8. Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. #Quote by Charles De Gaulle

#9. A husband can commit no greater blunder than to discuss his wife, if she is virtuous, with his mistress; unless it be to mention his mistress, if she is beautiful, to his wife. #Quote by Honore De Balzac

#10. Once certain of arriving, why hurry on the journey so fast? #Quote by Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

#11. I would have every man write what he knows and no more. #Quote by Michel De Montaigne

#12. Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God. #Quote by Saint Francis De Sales

#13. Avoid being in the presence of someone who might do you harm. #Quote by Gavin De Becker

#14. Every country has the government it deserves. #Quote by Joseph De Maistre

#15. A laconic and highly entertaining" novel. "The characters are strong, each showing major evidence of being a product of their respective cultures. Overall, the story is a strong one, with a couple of well-executed twists that succeed in surprising the reader."

- Publishers Weekly judge for the 2014 ABNA Contest, Two Brides for Ewan de Buchan


"I love historical romance novels and this one right off the bat based on the plot/hook made me want to read more. I devoured this...and re-read it twice. It seems like the author has a very good handle on the time period in which this novel is set."

- 2014 ABNA Contest judge, Two Brides for Ewan de Buchan


"I think this is really well crafted and interesting. The plot/hook caught me from the first paragraph. The characters are well done and I really loved the novelist's attention to historical detail...It's a really great romance novel, and is of publication quality. This novelist has a real future in writing romance (or even general fiction) books."

- 2014 ABNA Contest judge, Two Brides for Ewan de Buchan #Quote by E. Elizabeth Watson

#16. If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities. #Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

#17. Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself ... do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. #Quote by Francis De Sales

#18. The Matisse seemed to respond to the decreasing light by increasing its own wattage. Every object in the room was drained of color, but the Matisse stood firm in the de-escalating illumination, its beauty turning functionality inside out, making itself a more practical and useful presence than anything else in sight. #Quote by Steve Martin

#19. But if the beginnings of love and amorous politics are equally rosy, then the ends are often equally bloody. We're familiar with political love that ends in tyranny, where a ruler's firm conviction that he has the true interests of his nation at heart ends up lending him the confidence to murder without qualms (and 'for their own good') all who disagree with him. Romantic lovers are similarly inclined to vent their frustration on dissenters and heretics. #Quote by Alain De Botton

#20. The intellect is always fooled by the heart. #Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#21. The cunningest dissimulation is when a man pretends to be caught in the traps others set for him; and a man is never so easily over-reached as when he is contriving to over-reach others. #Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#22. Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament. #Quote by Paul De Man

#23. Cordial love of the neighbor does not consist in feelings. This love flows not from a heart of flesh but from the heart of our will. #Quote by Jane Frances De Chantal

#24. No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout; others do not see you; they surmise you by uncertain conjectures; they perceive not so much your nature as your art. #Quote by Michel De Montaigne

#25. She who is really a wife, one in heart, flesh, and bone, must follow wherever he leads, in whom her life, her strength, her pride, and happiness are centered. #Quote by Honore De Balzac

#26. You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly. #Quote by Brian De Palma

#27. Imperious, angry, furious, extreme in all things, with a disturbance in the moral imagination unlike any the world has ever known - there you have me in a nutshell: and one more thing, kill me or take me as I am, for I will not change #Quote by Marquis De Sade

#28. Like a full-fed guest, depart to rest ... #Quote by Michel De Montaigne

#29. Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song. #Quote by Joseph De Maistre

#30. Mr. Kaplan smiled back and answered promptly, "Vell, I´ll tell you about Prazidents United States. Fife Prazidents United States is Abram Lincohen, he vas freeink de neegers; Hodding, Coolitch, Judge Vashington, an´ Banjamin Franklin."
Futher encouragement revealed that Mr. Kaplan´s literary Valhalla the "most famous tree American wriders" were Jeck Laundon, Valt Viterman, and the author of "Hawk l. Barry-Feen," one Mock- tvain. Mr. Kaplan took pains to point out that he did not mention Relfvaldo Amerson because "He is a poyet, an´I´m talkink about wriders. #Quote by Leo Rosten

#31. Truths may clash without contradicting each other. #Quote by Antoine De Saint Exupery

#32. The only time I ever really got into rap was back in the early '90s, and bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Gang Starr. Musically, they were really interesting. But when hip-hop acts start sampling Sting or Phil Collins, then I just don't get it at all. #Quote by Paul Weller

#33. Your self doesn't represent the truth in you, your being does. Give your ease only to what you know represents the truth in you. #Quote by John De Ruiter

#34. Flow wine, smile woman, and the universe is consoled. #Quote by Pierre-Jean De Beranger

#35. He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. #Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

#36. If you have known how to compose your life, you have done a great deal more than the person who knows how to compose a book. You have done more than the one who has taken cities and empires. #Quote by Michel De Montaigne

#37. Choose to stay away from people who would not let you have your moment. They will talk about their moment in your moments. They will be like yeah you bought a car but my car. You have a house but my house. They don't let you be and enjoy what you have without them comparing or mentioning what they have that is better than yours. #Quote by De Philosopher DJ Kyos

#38. Few men know all the ill they do. #Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#39. You will sustain your rage, using time as a defense against fear and indolence. In the great stash of defenses, time is the one least imaginative. #Quote by Marlena De Blasi

#40. I'll tell you what kind of girl I'm not," I said crankily. "I am not the kind of girl who's looking to share her room with a member of the opposite sex. Understand me? So either you move out, or I force you out. It's entirely up to you. I'll give you some time to think about it. But when I get back here, Jesse, I want you gone. #Quote by Meg Cabot

#41. Humphrey was to say, and now he was planning to continue doing so, to use the chairmanship, in Humphrey's words, "to hang on to [the power] he had wielded as Majority Leader" as a "de facto Majority Leader"; Johnson "had the illusions that he could be in a sense, as Vice President, the Majority Leader." His proposal violated what was to these senators one of the Senate's most sacred precepts - its independence of the executive branch; he was proposing that a member of that branch preside over their meetings. #Quote by Robert A. Caro

#42. For get this quite clear, every time we have to decide between Europe and the open sea, it is always the open sea we shall choose. Every time I have to decide between you [Charles de Gaulle] and Roosevelt, I shall always choose Roosevelt. #Quote by Winston S. Churchill

#43. The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are. #Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#44. It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in
the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman
dancing. #Quote by Honore De Balzac

#45. Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping. #Quote by Max De Pree

#46. Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who knows a great deal can't imagine that what he is saying is not common knowledge, and speaks more indifferently. #Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

#47. It's fun to be an actor and dress up, but I'm happy being me and just loving accepting my personal style. #Quote by India De Beaufort

#48. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, not even if your whole world seems upset. If you find that you have wandered away from the shelter of God, lead your heart back to Him quietly and simply. #Quote by Francis De Sales