Aspektus Mit Quotes & Sayings

Why would prophetic diatribes against the wealthy coincide with prophetic diatribes against the worship of gods other than Yahweh? Maybe because of the natural connection between resentment of Israel's upper class and opposition to the internationalism that, as we've seen, was linked to alien gods. Archaeological excavations show Hosea's era to be a time of great economic inequality among Israelites. It was also a time of expanding international trade, 35 and it could not have escaped the attention of the poor that the rich were closely tied to that trade - not just because they controlled it and profited from it, but because so many pricey imports wound up in their homes. 36 — Robert Wright

Even from the first it is meek to seek the impossible. — Sophocles

They were just like the relations from whom I had fled as a girl. I couldn't bear them and yet they held me tight, I had them all inside me. — Elena Ferrante

You know, when I came home after our day in the city, I just crashed, thinking about Remi and how much I missed him. And then the next day was worse, And when you walked up to me at that ice cream machine, I just felt myself crumble inside. Around Remi, I felt like I was always trying to act like I was good enough. But around you, I don't want to pretend or hide. That's why I didn't say anything in the cafeteria that day, I knew that in five seconds, I'd be crying on your shoulder."
"That's what it's there for, Ethan."
Alek leaned in, took Ethan's face in his hands, and kissed him. — Michael Barakiva

You never know when people's dreams are connected to you before you're gone and then there's nothing to do, but watch them die in a different way, slow, limb by limb, system by system. — Marlon James

Keep your eyes on him, you wretched vainglorious creature, — Naomi Novik

It's you, so I feel that a person who will understand you, a person who will find you is waiting out there. So just keep on trying your best. — Natsuki Takaya

The Earth was not dead. She had been sick, yes, weakened by an infestation. Now she was ridding herself of it. For those who remained alive the choice was a simple one, whether they realised it yet or not: Work with the land
respect it and give back to it
or die. — Joseph D'Lacey

I would rather smoke one cigar than hear two sermons. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Light black. From pole to pole. — Samuel Beckett

Syriza is what it is: a radical, left-wing party that feels the pulse of the times, knows what's at stake, and is after a wide consensus and unity for political change in Greece. This is something that departs from the narrow limits of the radical left. — Alexis Tsipras

Parents take far too much notice of their children these days. Bring back the good old days of benign indifference, I reckon. — Liane Moriarty

Every day, set your mind in the right direction. Find something to be grateful for. — Joel Osteen

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop. — Chris Martin