Quotes from Martina Cole

will always be there for you, and so will your dad. We might fight and argue, but we are family at bottom, eh?

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

Life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, Hand for hand, foot for foot. Burning for burning, wound for wound, Stripe for stripe

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.

Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like she felt at this moment. She had indeed burnt her boats. But she smiled while she did it.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in all those who take advice Proverbs 13:10

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.

It's not what happens to you but how you deal with it.

The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings them trouble Proverbs 15:6

You lost the plot again, where you are now ain't clear, It's a misty morning memory, the road that took you here Alabama 3, 'You Don't Dance To Techno Anymore' Album: Exile on Coldharbour Lane, 1997

After all, they were brothers, bonded by blood, and nothing would ever change that.

Life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. - Exodus, 21:23

She sighed. Children were a bind really. You loved them but they never seemed to be out of your life. Wherever they were they demanded your time and energy.

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

God be merciful to me a sinner. Luke 18:13

They weren't a bad family. At least they loved one another, cared for one another. Most of the time anyway.

old Irish adage, people only know what you tell them.

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.

Nothing begins, and nothing ends That is not paid with moan; For we are born in other's pain, And perish in our own.' Francis Thompson ('Daisy', 1913), 1859-1907 'Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.' Colley Cibber (The Double Gallant, 1707), 1671-1757

Like the old adage, you never knew what you had till it was gone.

Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you've got, the less shit you have to eat.

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

Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart – Samuel Johnson, 1709-84

Her nephew, Aiden Junior, and his girl were hanging on to each other for dear life, just happy being