Amanda Kessel Quotes & Sayings

Too many to defeat.
But not too many to fight. — Jay Kristoff

The heavens forbid
But that our loves and comforts should increase
Even as our days do grow! — William Shakespeare

I have finally come around to asking myself what is expressed in that sand of written words which I have strung together throughout my life, that sand that seems to me to be so far away from the beaches and desert of living. Perhaps by staring at the sand as sand, words as words, we can come close to understanding how and to what extent the world that has been ground down and eroded can still find in sand a foundation and model. — Italo Calvino

A high point in a life lived at sea level, prone to flooding. — Michael Chabon

Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for. — Aeschylus

Her heart swelled with the high holiness of it all. Imminence was all around. She was both warrior and shining spear. She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time. — Kate Atkinson

In spiritual issues
(by "spiritual" I mean: "pertaining to man's consciousness")
a trader is a man who does not seek to be loved for his weaknesses or flaws, only for his virtues, and who does not grant his love to the weaknesses or the flaws of others, only to their virtues. — Ayn Rand