Arthur Tugman Quotes & Sayings

Living democracy grows like a tree, from the bottom up. — Vandana Shiva

I gave up worrying about the principles of fiction writing when I realized that there weren't any. — Teri Louise Kelly

And to crown the whole, you must needs come back and make a martyr of yourself, so now anyone who cares a farthing for your life must watch you hanged; that is, if they do not decide to make a spectacle of it and draw and quarter you in the fine old style. I suppose you would go to it like Harrison, 'as cheerful as any man could do in that condition.' Well, I should not be damned cheerful, and neither should anyone else who loved you, and some of them can knock down half of London Town if they should choose. — Naomi Novik

She looked towards the western sky, which was now aglow like some vast foundry wherein new worlds were cast — Thomas Hardy

The outsider is not sure who he is. He has found an "I", but it is not his true "I".' His main business is to find his way back to himself. — Colin Wilson

Guard thy heart on this weak side, where most our nature fails. — Joseph Addison

Southern women are unique; there is no disputing that. We are women born of conflict, our pasts littered with battles and chaos, self-preservation, and protection. We've run plantations during wars, served Union soldiers tea before watching them burn our homes, hidden slaves from prosecution, and endured centuries of watching and learning from our men's mistakes. It is not easy to survive life in the South. It is even more difficult to do it with a smile on your face. We have held these states together, held our dignity and graciousness, held our head high when it was smeared with blood and soot. We are strong. We are Southern. We have secrets and lives you will never imagine. — Alessandra Torre