Bartja E Quotes & Sayings

Sitting on the divan, she touched a finger to the bullet wound in his chest. It seemed so small, so incapable of creating the exodus of blood which had drenched his clothes and skin as he lay in the hospital, waiting for her to claim him. Death has been instantaneous, they said, as if there were a relief in that. She did not want death to have been instantaneous; she wanted to have at least held his hand as he lay dying and said goodbye to him in terms other than the, 'Why are you doing again? You'll find nothing. Stay. Oh all right, go,' that had been her farewell to him that morning.

Stay. Stay. Stay. She should have repeated it like a madwoman, banged her head against the wall in a frenzy, hit him and wept. She should have said it just one more time, just a little more forcefully. She should have taken his dear, sweet head in her hands and kissed his eyes and forehead. Stay. — Kamila Shamsie

I believe, along with Pope Francis and almost all scientists, that climate change is threatening this planet in horrendous ways, and that we have to be aggressive in transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel and defeat the Keystone Pipeline. — Bernie Sanders

And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable. — Thomas Carlyle

I think I've been quite lucky in that I haven't had to make too many changes to myself. Obviously, there have been adaptations and things that I've altered, but I haven't changed completely. I've stayed myself. — Jess Glynne

Nothing's riding on this, except the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys f-k up again, I'm gonna get mad. — Ben Bradlee

I'm not an oddball. — Lee Remick

Give up control and give it away ... The more you give your idea away, the more your company is going to be worth. — Seth Godin

Do not pretend one place is like another or look for similarities. Only look for what is. — Ally Condie

Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest. — Eddie Vedder

There are no bigger donkeys than these workers ... Look at our 'craftsmen'; Sad that world history should be be made with such people. — Karl Marx

Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion. Are the stars too distant, pick up the pebble that lies at thy feet, and from it learn the all. — Margaret Fuller

The only thing that's worse than people who say "I am what I am" is people who say "I yam what I yam" while doing a Popeye imitation. — Ariel Leve

The song ended, but I kept my arms wrapped tight around her, not letting her move an inch. If she was having some internal battle again, she could do so in my arms.
"Watcha doing, wifey?" I joked, secretly enjoying the sound of that. — Karina Halle

You are exactly the mom God knew your children needed. — Lysa TerKeurst