Barbuscia Lisa Quotes & Sayings

The combination of our mortality with our groundlessness imparts to human life its pressing and enigmatic character. We struggle to in our brief time in the midst of an impenetrable darkness. A small area is lighted up: our civilizations, our sciences, our loves. We prove unable to define the place of the lighted area within a larger space devoid of light, and must go to our deaths unenlightened. — Roberto Mangabeira Unger

Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time ... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with. — Thom Yorke

Those two in the antechamber," he added, eyes sparkling, "might not be on that list of people you should bother knowing, if they keep banging on the door like children."
Another pound, emphasized by the first male voice saying, "You know we can hear you, prick."
"Secondly," Rhys went on, "in regard to the two bastards at my door, it's up to you whether you want to meet them now, or head upstairs like a wise person, take a nap since you're still looking a little peaky, and then change into city- apropriate clothing while I beat the hell out of them for talking to his High Lord like that. — Sarah J. Maas

Heaven sends us good meat, but the Devil sends cooks. — David Garrick

Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and who, or what, it's grown for. — Frances Moore Lappe

If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude ... I hope to make you use your imagination. — Hedy Lamarr

The real truth is one thing, and the literary truth is another; and there is nothing more difficult than to want both truths to coincide. — Mario Vargas-Llosa

Angela Duckworth has shown how important grit and perseverance are to lifetime outcomes. College students who report that they finish whatever they begin have higher grades than their peers, even ones with higher SATs. — David Brooks

He lets his hand fall, and I catch it. Because I'm weak. Because I'm a constant disappointment to myself. — Rainbow Rowell

I never want anything to be too predictable. — Mindy Grossman

To speak of it would be giving importance to something that has none. — Leo Tolstoy

Wish I could prove I love you, but does that mean I have to walk on water? — Utada Hikaru

These people you've been watching for days now have invested in their lives from when they were young and about to be admitted into high school like you. They didn't joke with their books. They knew where and when to strike the balance. If Collin Morgan had square eyes like you while he was your age, I don't think he'd have been cast as Merlin. — S.A. David