Augustine Von Hippo Quotes & Sayings

That's how it was in the beginning. We didn't just lose a town, we lost our whole lives. — Svetlana Alexievich

There were actually very few men who could face reality when the going got tough. — Ursula K. Le Guin

He'd imagined peacetime would bring him a sense of belonging. During the war it kept him going, that thought of peace. He'd believed in it like a season he knew it would arrive one day — Amanda Hodgkinson

I turn and gaze at the
bright blue sky, squinting. It's like surfacing for air after
giving up hope, after resigning to drown, suffocating — Katie Klein

When your daddy walked through the house he was so big he filled it up. That was my first mistake. Not to make him leave room for me. — August Wilson

Public opinion aside, it will be up to the future pope to continue John Paul II's journey to sainthood. Many of the late pope's followers believe he is already there. — Chris Matthews

After working as a producer on many pop, electronica and some soundtrack, incidental music projects, I became more focused on film and TV scores. — Paul Wardingham

I never find words right away. Poems for me always begin with images and rhythms, shapes, feelings, forms, dances in the back of my mind. — Gary Snyder

Obviously, I don't like to use my new celebrity status as a way to get first class service at a restaurant. For me, it's just more special to use it for good. — J. R. Martinez

Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it. — Lawrence Lessig

Sometimes we must yield control to others and accept our vulnerability so we can be healed. — Kathy Magliato

When you're a first-round pick and you get to the big leagues at 22, there's almost a sense that you've got to mature. — Evan Longoria