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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 18e9767 | old Irish adage, people only know what you tell them. | Martina Cole | ||
| e1c7c4d | she looked at her kids and felt the swell of pride she always did when she saw them en masse. When they were all happy in each other's company it made it all seem worthwhile. | Martina Cole | ||
| f84916b | It was funny, but even though the kids lived their own lives and she was useless in her efforts to help them any more, she still couldn't sleep until they were all in. Safe and sound. | Martina Cole | ||
| 9aa3cbf | regrets were a waste of time. | Martina Cole | ||
| 5c7bb13 | The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge Ezekiel 18:2 | Martina Cole | ||
| e14f408 | She is in every flower you see and every butterfly and in the clouds and in the trees. | Martina Cole | ||
| 2cb5b8a | Everyone knew women were far more ruthless than men. Men got mad and women got even, there was a big difference. | Martina Cole | ||
| 7b86c87 | Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.' - Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, 1853-1917 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. - Revelation, 22:15 | Martina Cole | ||
| 5b21459 | Non Omnis Moriar. I shall not altogether die. Horace (65 BC-8 BC) | Martina Cole | ||
| 5f3ec35 | What goes around comes around. | Martina Cole | ||
| 8ef8955 | surviving. One day she will have good times, another day bad times. It's called real life and she will have to get used to it.' Kevin hugged her. | Martina Cole | ||
| 3c888f0 | Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. - Galatians, 6:7 He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse's health, a boy's love, or a whore's oath. - William Shakespeare King Lear (Act III, scene vi) | Martina Cole | ||
| efb7fbf | It was there to be used because time past could never be regained. And time did pass, excruciatingly slowly at times but it did pass, and you could let it pass you by or use it to your own benefit. | Martina Cole | ||
| 266b7cf | Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing can ever be made.' - Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 'He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.' - Proverbs, 28:20 'Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!' - Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900 | Martina Cole | ||
| dedb0e7 | ain't learned much, but one thing I have learned is this: everyone wants to fuck you, girl, either physically or mentally. You have to put a limit on the shit you're willing to take and no turning back. | Martina Cole | ||
| 067e844 | Something good always came out of tragedy. He had heard that many times and now he knew it was true. God had given him a second chance at life and he was going to grab it with both hands. | Martina Cole | ||
| 449a22e | If a man can't give you more than you can give yourself, then dump him. | Martina Cole | ||
| 0215fea | As my mum used to say, be careful what you ask for, you just might get it. | Martina Cole | ||
| c9f4560 | You must look out for number one. If you don't, no one else will. | Martina Cole | ||
| 1b26469 | No one, no matter who they are, is above common courtesy. Remember that, | Martina Cole | ||
| 30faab6 | In trouble to be troubled is to have your trouble doubled.' - The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe, c. 1659-1661 | Martina Cole | ||
| 6d17858 | Every man I've ever known has had an angle, some way of using women. With me mum's blokes it was the obvious - I mean, she was a brass. Most used her for her money or her body. Mostly her money. They lived off her, you know. | Martina Cole | ||
| 9500acc | Who was it who once said: 'Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer still'? An astute man whoever he was, | Martina Cole | ||
| 6a790b2 | I'm a great believer in anything that gets anyone reading . . | Martina Cole | ||
| bb0a50b | His soft voice was his trademark and he had a saying: You can do more with a soft voice than a big stick. | Martina Cole | ||
| 31f36b6 | When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child.' - 1 Corinthians 13:11 'The children of perdition are oft'times made instruments even of the greatest work.' - Ben Jonson, 1637-1673 | Martina Cole | ||
| a183b68 | It was family, blood, kin. It was what made the world go round and people strive to better themselves. At the end of the day, family was all you had. | Martina Cole | ||
| 2a87ce0 | You can do more with a soft voice than a big stick? | Martina Cole | ||
| 2d33b81 | Every night and every morn Some to misery are born. William Blake, 1757-1827, 'Auguries of Innocence | Martina Cole | ||
| d183c54 | Listen, life is short, even at its longest, it's short. | Martina Cole | ||
| ef40611 | The East End had a saying: 'If you get a capture, hold your hand up. | Martina Cole | ||
| 84d1517 | because she was the best thing that ever happened to any of us; she kept us together, and she made sure we were a family. Now all we have left is each other.' Christy looked at them all and said quietly, 'Amen to that. | Martina Cole | ||
| b7747a5 | He who brings trouble to his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise Proverbs 11:29 | Martina Cole | ||
| 967fa82 | Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in all those who take advice Proverbs 13:10 | Martina Cole | ||
| 97df0e4 | use what you've got. Always find a use for what you've got. Never promise what you can't deliver, and always do a deal with a smile and a friendly word if possible. That advice had served him in good stead all his working life. | Martina Cole | ||
| ebbf901 | The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings them trouble Proverbs 15:6 | Martina Cole | ||
| d3dadfd | missed her mother and her sister so badly it was a constant pain inside of her. | Martina Cole | ||
| ad6d1bd | Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap Galatians 6:7 For the wages of sin is death Romans 6:23 | Martina Cole | ||
| eae1493 | God be merciful to me a sinner. Luke 18:13 | Martina Cole | ||
| 1019432 | Long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light Paradise Lost (1667) John Milton, 1608-74 For the love of money is the root of all evil 1 Timothy 6:10 | Martina Cole | ||
| 06c72df | My sister and my sister's child, Myself and children three.' - William Cowper, 1731-1800 With affection beaming in one eye and calculation shining out of the other. - Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens, 1812-1870 | Martina Cole | ||
| 3d5633a | Children were unlucky really. They were born without any say in things whatsoever. It was a lottery for them in some respects, what kind of mother they would acquire once out of the warmth of a snug and comfortable womb. A loving caring individual who would rush to fulfil their every whim? Or a selfish one who resented their intrusion into her otherwise orderly life? Children were a shock to the system for most women. The idea of a baby was.. | Martina Cole | ||
| d5737a3 | Why did you have to lose something before you could fully appreciate it? | Martina Cole | ||
| 5807e30 | It was a pleasure when a person remembered that good manners cost fuck-all, and it went a long way. | Martina Cole |