Arganda Del Quotes & Sayings

I composed habits for those acres
so that my last look would be
neither gluttonous nor starved.
I was ready to go anywhere. — Seamus Heaney

How often is the term 'savages' incorrectly applied! None really deserving of it were ever yet discovered by voyagers or by travellers. They have discovered heathens and barbarians whom by horrible cruelties they have exasperated into savages. It may be asserted without fear of contradictions that in all the cases of outrages committed by Polynesians, Europeans have at some time or other been the aggressors, and that the cruel and bloodthirsty disposition of some of the islanders is mainly to be ascribed to the influence of such examples. But — Herman Melville

The idea of painless, nonthreatening coercion is an illusion. Fear is the inseparable companion of coercion, and its inescapable consequence. If you think it your duty to make children do what you want, whether they will or not, then it follows inexorably that you must make them afraid of what will happen to them if they don't do what you want. You can do this in the old-fashioned way, openly and avowedly, with the threat of harsh words, infringement of liberty, or physical punishment. Or you can do it in the modern way, subtly, smoothly, quietly, by withholding the acceptance and approval which you and others have trained the children to depend on; or by making them feel that some retribution awaits them in the future, too vague to imagine but too implacable to escape. — John Holt

Happiness is not a destination, it's a method of travel. — San Juan De La Cruz

Every day there's a lot of things I block out, because if I start visualising things, I tend to go completely insane. I've always had anxiety issues, and it can totally overwhelm me and suck me under if I'm not keeping focused. I just think and think until I have a panic attack, and then it dies down. — Dev Hynes

Drugs and alcohol can be so destructive. — Kyan Douglas

By raising a child we should also help raise our children's generation, not just raise him or her alone. — Chart Korbjitti

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening. — Naguib Mahfouz

the most basic rule of human discourse: when someone says they're going to be honest with you, they are in most cases preparing to lie faster — Stephen King

I love a sexy video. I don't even mind raciness. I don't mind that at all. — Kelly Clarkson