Alice Calla Quotes

People are constantly showing that they are not very different from each other no matter who they are and what they want to achieve. Anna Comnena is a princess and the first heir to her father’s throne in the Byzantine empire, but she loses it all when her hubris and foolishness get the best of her and stains everyone else’s impression of her, as Tracy Barrett had illustrated in her novel Anna of Byzantium. Alternatively, Icarus is a boy who is the son of Daedalus, the greatest craftsmen of Greece, who becomes imprisoned on the island of Crete with his father and dies during the time when they attempt to escape as shown in the myth portrayed by Sally Benson in her retelling of the myth, “The Flight of Icarus”,

The inn keeper's parlor was the best in town, they told her. His wife was wearing a heavy dress, adorned with lace and a massive broach that she raised a plump hand to touch, as if to be certain it was still there. They spoke of the massive rug, bought from Paris, and the finely crafted furniture they all sat upon. The preacher listened quietly, smiling as though their vanity wasn't a sin, while Mrs. Hartford eyed the dress with longing. Della thought that the dress was tasteless. The lace was poorly made, and the line of the bodice wasn't flattering. The fabric was an odd shade between blue and green, and the woman inside it was far less appealing. She didn't bother to mention that her own parlor had been filled with crystal, and priceless art her father had collected around the world. She didn't mention that her toys had cost more than Mrs. Johnson's gowns, or that she was mispronouncing the tea they'd been served. Not to be kind, not to be deceptive, but because did not matter anymore. Nothing mattered anymore. She'd given up that life to marry Ben, given up her family, given up her home and her gowns and her education.

Mr. Frank : Look at what Miep’s brought for us. (He places the cake on the table.)

Genevieve jumped up from the table and ran up the stairs screaming back down “Why should I have to look at her past; I don’t even know mine”

“Hmm. It appears we’re both idiots then.” They chuckle, but the laughter soon tapers off. Zinnia twirls the leaf in her fingers. “Life’s awfully short, isn’t it? We don’t even get to learn everything before we die.”

“Sweetheart, we know you want to play, but you need to come in.” Her mother smiled at her from the doorway. “I’ve made hot chocolate.” It was a lie, of course. Hot chocolate was a delicacy in those times, especially in such a far away land as Scotland, but anything to keep Larissa, their one joy, safe.

Cosette was waiting in the walk-in fridge. “There is someone causing trouble,” she said. “I don’t know who it is yet, but maybe you can help me. Look at this.” She pointed to large flats of smashed eggs, dead, lifeless bread dough, and trays of pastries that were so black they were indistinguishable. She rubbed her temples. “Someone visiting my bakery is out to get me.”

"Life is either a great adventure or nothing" (Keller). Helen Keller was a remarkable woman who at the young age of two -nearing three-, was stricken with an illness that left her blind and deaf. She then became a rather difficult child, throwing tantrums because she could not understand the growing world outside. Anne Sullivan, in 1887, became her teacher and helping her read Braille and learn symbols on her hand. Keller then went on to graduate college in 1904. What Keller means by this quote is that you cannot just go around and throw your life away. You have to make it worthwhile, whether you do that by meeting great people or doing great things.

There was a large roast of some kind on the table, a cold half-circle of cornbread, and a simmering pot of beans sitting on a folded towel in the center of the table. Charlotte knew good manners required that she wait for the others to return, but her growling stomach wouldn’t let her. Cicely started to break off some bread and Charlotte stood, looking for a knife. Carefully she cut the big half circle into eight wedges and put one slice on each of their plates. She repeated the process to slice a sliver of meat for each of them. Cicely reached over to spoon a huge pile of beans over both things on her plate and sat back

The next day she was dismissed. So, she kept searching, but again she came up empty handed and went home empty handed. She couldn’t look at those hungry children anymore. Anne was already going without, but to hear their little stomachs growl late at night as they lay scattered around her was too much for her to bear. They needed to survive. She needed a job, so she took one she had wanted to

“Is there a problem?” a voice asked evenly, and Melanie jumped, having forgotten that Mary was sitting at the other end of the table, sharing dinner with her, the shoes, and the urn. Mary was dabbing her ruby colored lips with the tip of her napkin while steadily watching Melanie.

There is one quote that speaks to me the most, “I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they are great and noble” By Helen Keller. This quote in a way represents how I deal with many situations. I believe that the more enthusiasm and care you give your small tasks, will result in a better outcome.

Title: Paying particular attention to both the content and style adopted by Frances Burney, explore the way in which women and femininity are being discussed in this passage.

"Come on you two, maybe it’s about Ruby was stealing everyone’s cookies again during lunch." The fourth female voice joked playfully.

“Indeed. Anyways we shall discuss this soon, oh. Since you almost missed half of your lunch break, because of me, there is a cafe down the street, if you tell the register person ‘Ryuzaki’ then they shall give you a cake of your choice.”