26287 Quotes & Sayings

Have only this consolation
that he was never a fiend or even truly a madman, but only an eager, studious, and curious boy whose love of mystery and of the past was his undoing. He stumbled on things no mortal ought ever to know, and reached back through the years as no one ever should reach; and something came out of those years to engulf him. — H.P. Lovecraft

Forts, arsenals, garrisons, armies, navies, are means of security and defence, which were invented in half-civilized times and in feudal or despotic countries; but schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications, and if they are dismantled and dilapidated, ignorance and vice will pour in their legions through every breach. — Horace Mann

But I keep thinking love should be like a tree. You look at trees and they've got bumps and scars from tumors, infestations, what have you, but they're still growing. Despite the bumps and bruises, they're--straight. — Lorrie Moore

Purity of mind and conduct is the first glory of a woman. — Madame De Stael

Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me. — Mario Cantone

And the more profoundly the science of biology reveals the laws of the life and development of living bodies, the more effective is the science of agronomy. — Trofim Lysenko

I no longer believe
in fairytale endings since
I stopped kissing boys
with mouthfuls of disappointment and
started treating my body like
a burning building
so nobody can get close enough
to get inside of me. — Sade Andria Zabala

Don't try to control what's outside. Be at peace with what's inside. — Judith Orloff