Bartold Family Tree Quotes & Sayings

She woke to the sound of his heart knocking against his chest. As though it was searching for a way out. — Arundhati Roy

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. — Frank A. Clark

Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she suspected it was going to do something
clever, like try to escape from the pot. — Rachel Caine

Kindness is the door to someone's heart.
Love is the door to someone's soul. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Philosophical argument, trying to get someone to believe something whether he wants to believe it or not, is not, I have held, a nice way to behave towards someone; also it does not fit the original motivation for studying or entering philosophy. That motivation is puzzlement, curiousity, a desire to understand, not a desire to produce uniformity of belief. Most people do not want to become thought-police. The philosophical goal of explanation rather than proof not only is morally better, it is more in accord with one's philosophical motivation. — Robert Nozick

one in five Muslim girls lives today in a community that sanctions some sort of interference with her genitals. — Geraldine Brooks

I wish I had met [Francesca] Woodman forty years ago. It would have been great to live with her for a year. She didn't save anything. She played the camera like a new guitar. She murdered herself out taking pictures ... — Richard Prince

They had money - quite a bit of it, actually - but for them, money was just bullets. — Douglas Wilson

I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me. — Hubert Selby Jr.

Where I grew up has had a huge influence on me. It's a place where there aren't many people and there's lots of sky. — John Cariani

Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation. — Rollo May

A champion of the workingman has never been known to die of overwork. — Robert Frost

Yet what use against the deceit of a state are the memories of a child? — Aminatta Forna