Arrawa Quotes & Sayings

Between me and life is a faint glass. No matter how sharply I see and understand life, I cannot touch it. — Fernando Pessoa

The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world. — Edgar Allan Poe

Shame is life-dominating and stubborn. Once entrenched in your heart and mind, it is a squatter that refuses to leave. — Edward T. Welch

Personal experience is the surest method by which one can determine the truth of a supposition, no matter how reputable the reporter, since so many experiences are subject to individual proclivities. — Nick Offerman

While we must always begin from where we are, we need not stay where we are. — Neal A. Maxwell

My fears had blinded me to the prize i was about to throw away. — Joss Stirling

I completely love music. I used to be the music critic at 'The Improper Bostonian.' It's just something I've always loved very deeply. — Matthew Tobin Anderson

Below the bows of the Arrawa a child's coffin moved onto the night stream. Its paper flowers were shaken loose by the wash of a landing craft carrying sailors from the American cruiser. The flowers formed a wavering garland around the coffin as it began its long journey to the estuary of the Yangtze, only to be swept back by the incoming tide among the quays and mud flats, driven once again to the shores of this terrible city (279). — J.G. Ballard

There was a touch of prairie about the fellow.
--hans vollman

Yes.
--roger bevins iii

Like stepping into a summer barn late at night.
--hans vollman

Or a musty plains office, where some bright candle still burns.
--roger bevins iii

Vast. Windswept. New. Sad.
--hans vollman

Spacious. Curious. Doom-minded. Ambitious.
--roger bevins iii

Back slightly out.
--hans vollman

Right boot chafing.
--roger bevins iii — George Saunders

The icy sword of the square-toed one had cut off his breath and left his hands in a pose of agonizing protest. — Zora Neale Hurston