Aravinda Chakravarti Quotes & Sayings

One can't predict the future, that maybe our training and their fighting capabilities are improving and we are going to make some progress in destroying ISIS. — Bernie Sanders

Lydia came back to bed. We didn't kiss each other. We weren't going to have sex. I felt weary. I listened to the crickets. I don't know how much time went by. I was almost asleep, not quite, when Lydia suddenly sat straight up in bed. And she screamed. It was a loud scream. "What is it?" I asked. "Be quiet." I waited. Lydia sat there without moving, for what seemed to be about ten minutes. Then she fell back on her pillow. "I saw God," she said, "I just saw God." "Listen, you bitch, you are going to drive me crazy! — Charles Bukowski

You are the morning smiles and the midnight whispers; how can I forget you without forgetting them. — M.F. Moonzajer

The Sufi saint Rabi'a Al-Adawiyya was seen carrying a firebrand and a jug of water - the firebrand to burn Paradise, the jug of water to drown Hell ...
So that both veils disappear, and God's followers worship, not out of hope for reward, nor fear of punishment, but out of love. — Craig Thompson

Sometimes I wish eastern Congo could suffer an earthquake or a tsunami, so that it might finally get the attention it needs. The barbaric civil war being waged here is the most lethal conflict since World War II and has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake. — Nicholas D. Kristof

There is no sweeter manner of living in the world than continuous communion with God. — Brother Lawrence

Outside the bedroom Jane fumbled around and in her purse and produced a pack of cigarettes, but couldn't figure out whether to smoke one or not. "Holy Motown Jesus with Pips, what the fuck is going on in there? — Christopher Moore

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. — Carl Sandburg

Suddenly we were in Hawaii - tropical mountains running down to sparkling seas, sweeping bays, flawless beaches guarded by listing palms, little green and rocky islands standing off the headlands. From time to time we drove through sunny canefields, overlooked by the steep, blue eminence of the Great Dividing Range. — Bill Bryson

There was, as she put it, nothing to stop me. So I followed the path of educated misfits through the ages and got a job in a bookshop. — Hari Kunzru

On a practical level, there are two vital steps to ethical behavior:
knowing what is right and doing it. — Michael Josephson

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others. — Francoise D'Aubigne, Marquise De Maintenon

Love is staring into someone's eyes, and not being able to imagine more — S.E. Sever