Agravados Quotes & Sayings

In general, literature is a natural adversary of totalitarianism. Tyrannical governments all view literature in the same way: as their enemy. I lived for a long time in a totalitarian state, and I know firsthand that horror. — Ismail Kadare

It's hard to be the person who gets left behind, and never the person who gets to do the leaving. — Alexandra Bracken

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. — Marilyn Monroe

The real Rose Hovick was seriously mentally disturbed; June Havoc called her a beautiful little ornament that was damaged. — Karen Abbott

Democracy transformed from thin paper to thick action is the greatest form of government on earth. — Martin Luther King Jr.

My message is, you can accomplish anything, not just on the athletic field, if you're willing to work pay the price. It doesn't matter what your age. — Herschel Walker

What's the difference? Fill a hundred pits with dead Northmen, congratulations, have a parade! Kill one man in the same uniform as you? A crime. A murder. Worse than despicable. Are we not all men? All blood and bone and dreams? — Joe Abercrombie

We were so poor; the ultimate luxury in our house at the time was ashtrays without advertisements. — Chic Murray

I believe that while art is always beyond morality, it is never above it. — Jennifer Stone

A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak, And by its weakness overcomes. — James Russell Lowell

We live in an essential and unresolvable tension between our unity with nature and our dangerous uniqueness. Systems that attempt to place and make sense of us by focusing exclusively either on the uniqueness or the unity are doomed to failure. But we must not stop asking and questing because the answers are complex and ambiguous. — Stephen Jay Gould

For best results, apply regularly. — Karen Salmansohn

The sea has receded!' cried Stephen. 'I am amazed.' 'They tell me it does so twice a day in these parts,' said Jack. 'It is technically known as the tide. — Patrick O'Brian