Ally Shand

“Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning.”
― John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“Geoffrey: Why, you chivalric fool—as if the way one fell down mattered.

Richard: When the fall is all there is, it matters.”
― James Goldman, The Lion in Winter

“Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.”
― Mark Twain