Quotes About Restraint

She swallowed. He was covered, of course, but she knew what lay beneath the sheets- she'd seen him entirely nude at the Lords' revels. She had the image burned into her memory: a proud, thick penis, heavy sac, and curling midnight hair. If the coverlet slipped just a little bit downward, she would see the upper edge of that nest of black hair. The thought made her press her thighs together under her dress. Did he know how his body affected her?

Val's upper lip curled as he wondered if Mrs. Crumb knew the meaning of the word fun . Most likely she dismissed it as something vaguely shameful and leading to sin - which, at the best of times, it was .

But wield it with care, lass, do not go blasting out your fury and letting all know it was you. They fear it.

So we will not shake the box to find out if its contents are breakable.

I am more willing to recognize the reality of intractable conflict, and use force when nothing else will serve.

Not free of pain, nor free of fear, but free of the need to react to that fear in all the old ways. She had no anger left, no hatred, no desire for vengeance, nothing but pity for those who must find such vile amusements, who had no better hope, or no courage to withdraw.

The disaster of being old was in not feeling safe to venture anywhere, of seeing freedom put out of reach.

Experience has taught me that whenever anything is on the tip of my tongue the best thing to do is to keep it there.

Really I have been thankful on my knees every time I have not said what I was going to say when I've been annoyed.

even now, after years of study in the art of holding my tongue, some stray fragment of what I feel does occasionally come out, and then I am at once pulled up and brought to my senses by the well-known cold stare of utter incomprehension, or the look of indulgent superiority that awaits any exposure of a feeling not in the least understood.

I tried to make each half sandwich last for three full bites, though I could easily have popped them into my mouth whole.

The distance between what you say in a daydream and what you actually say to a superior at your place of work is proportional to the number of adults unsuccessfully seeking full-time employment.

I've never been very keen on women who hang their sex round their neck like baubles. I think it should be discovered. It's more interesting to discover the sex in a woman than it is to have it thrown at you, like a Marilyn Monroe or those types. To me they are rather vulgar and obvious.

We ought to be making North some now," he said with the utmost restraint.

My imagination requires a judicious rein; I am afraid to let it loose, for it carries me sometimes into appalling places beyond the stars and beneath the world.

Time will come when one's safety lies in ten things: nine of which are in staying aloof from men, and the tenth in staying silent.

Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

Tongue is a beast, if it is let loose, it devours.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

It is wiser to abstain then to repent.

anger, in and of itself, is a good thing, within reason, but it will be your greatest enemy if you don't learn to control it!

At worst, they were vile creatures who needed to be wiped from the face of the earth. At best, such behavior shows a dangerous lack of self-control. The first business of a warrior is self-restraint

If it's painful for you to criticize your friends, you're safe in doing it; if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.

Why did we stop running and playing? We loved it so much. Who made the rule that the child's pleasure in the body must come to an end? I blame the Puritans!