Juliet Marillier book Wildwood Dancing
Variant: If a man has to say trust me, Gogu conveyed, it's a sure sign you cannot. Trust him, that is. Trust is a thing you know without words.
Source: Wildwood Dancing
Qui parle trop veut tromper.
Part I, ch. VI.
Letters of Two Brides (1841-1842)
Juliet Marillier book Wildwood Dancing
Variant: If a man has to say trust me, Gogu conveyed, it's a sure sign you cannot. Trust him, that is. Trust is a thing you know without words.
Source: Wildwood Dancing
“Sullen monosyllabism, a sure sign of sleep deprivation.”
Jim Butcher book Death Masks
Source: Death Masks
“A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”
Terry Pratchett book Reaper Man
Variant: Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.
Source: Reaper Man
“Tis a sure sign work goes on merrily, when folks sing at it.”
Isaac Bickerstaffe (1733–1812) Irish playwright and librettist
The Maide of the Mill (1765), Act i, scene 1.
“One of the sure signs of maturity is the ability to rise to the point of self criticism.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousnes (1960)
“Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.”
Lisa See book Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Source: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan