Arnhild Dyrhaug Quotes & Sayings

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one. — Arthur C. Clarke

Humanity cannot afford to acknowledge all of the blood that it spills and the destruction it inflicts on the world in its effort to perpetuate itself. Desacralization is a process that allows us to sever any relationship we might feel to other living things. By draining the aliveness out of things, we can pretend that our control and manipulation are of little consequence. Man the trapper becomes man the taxidermist, disemboweling nature of its spontaneity and movement, and stuffing it with a leaden inanimateness. — Jeremy Rifkin

Her grandfather's books [ ... ] opened before Ada, a world whose colours were so dazzling that reality paled in comparison and faded away. Boris Godunov, Satan, Athalia, King Lear: they all spoke words charged with meaning; every syllable was inexpressively precious — Irene Nemirovsky

Ordinary daily life, which so many people thought had no flash or filigree, was to Bibi at all times extraordinary; so much magic and wonder were at work in the world, so much mystery in its depths, that she didn't want - and couldn't cope with - any more than what it offered to anyone who was willing to see. After — Dean Koontz

Success involves going to where others believe is too far. — Jeffrey Fry

The South ought to be led, by candid and honest criticism, to assert her better self and do her full duty to the race she has cruelly wronged and is still wronging. — W.E.B. Du Bois

I was told freshman Republicans don't get their bills heard. — Dan Webster

Man must be associated with his fellows. — James Larkin

To me, it didn't matter where I played, I just wanted to play well. — Ronnie Lott

Hate me for who I am, I don't care. At least I'm not pretending to be someone I'm not. — Kristen Stewart

Certain voices heard
are heard
not because
they
are phonetic...

But,
from one soul
they head,
to another,
in the form of magic.
(Poem: When, When a not, Book: Ginger and Honey) — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Preaching is fire in the pulpit that melts the ice in the pew. — Jack Hyles