93720 Quotes & Sayings

If this society ascribes roles to Black men which they are not allowed to fulfill, is it Black women who must bend and alter our lives to compensate, or is it society that needs changing? — Audre Lorde

Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

In Paris there are wide cityscapes like nowhere else. Habit has made us indifferent to them. But those who wander around the city - keenly sniffing the air, looking to be moved, to be amazed - are very familiar with these places. — Helen Constantine

So, friends, what method should we use? Hard to choose. I could torch them in their love nest or butcher them in their fragrant bed. — Euripides

Inevitable. The characters we've come to know and love are no longer part of our lives. This can leave us with a certain longing. Perhaps we'll open the book again and skim through it, searching out favorite passages to kindle again those powerful emotions. But the passion is never stirred quite as strong the second time around. So it is with life. We rush through the days that we're given, eager to engage in the conflicts and passions, to push through and conquer and see how it all ends. When suddenly the end is in sight, we're surprised. We stall, frantically savoring each moment. The sun shines brighter, the smiles appear more tender and we listen for words of love with an urgency that would be poignant if it were — Mary Alice Monroe

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on. — Sarah Winman

Fear is the strong passion; it is with fear that you must trifle, if you wish to taste the intensest joys of living. — Robert Louis Stevenson