36133 Quotes & Sayings

A dragon killer, he was, a rescuer of damsels, and his small sins seemed so great to him that he felt unfit and unseemly. She wished her father were here. Her father had felt greatness in Tom. Perhaps he would know now how to release it out of its darkness and let it fly free. — John Steinbeck

I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

Worship shadows eternity and provides supernatural encouragement. — Matt Chandler

He looked out the open window. So this was what it was like. He looked through the green foliage, over the ocean, and felt around him the heat massing in the air, the current of coolness running through it, taking form in the thunderheads. He saw the black energy becoming creatured from a hundred kilometers away, roaring toward shore, feeding on itself. On the headland, trees bending to absorb the weight of the forward wind. — Nam Le

Then I remember:These people are Brazilian-they come out of the womb salsa-ing to the rhythm of the contractions. — Amanda Hudson

Poor animals, how jealously they guard their bodies, for to us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself. — T. Casey Brennan

Markets work well with goods that economists call private goods. — Eric Maskin

Julie helped him to feel defined. He was Julie's boyfriend. Julie's fiance. Julie's provocation. He came into focus when he stood beside her, despite the fact that the person standing beside her was mostly not him. — Meg Rosoff

No matter how often you see or talk to someone, no matter how much you know them or don't know them, you always fill up some space in their lives that can't ever be replaced the right way again once you leave it. — John Corey Whaley