Bedarkened Quotes & Sayings

[On sociability in Italy:] You may be a hermit or an innkeeper. — Elizabeth Hardwick

There's no way I'm goin' down. I don't go down for nobody. — Jake LaMotta

All human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads till all is luminous. — Thomas Carlyle

Live to revel in just another twilight. Life may sink and disappear along with the sunset never to rise again — Munia Khan

I've always found the idea of 'saving' your virginity intriguing: it's not as if we're packing our Saran-wrapped hymens away in the freezer, after all, or pasting them in scrapbooks. But packed-away virginities aside, the interesting - and dangerous - idea at play here is that of 'morality. When young women are taught about morality, there's not often talk of compassion, kindness, courage, or integrity. There is, however, a lot of talk about hymens (though the preferred words are undoubtedly more refined - think 'virginity' and 'chastity'): if we have them, when we'll lose them, and under what circumstances we'll be rid of them. — Jessica Valenti

Only if the dragon and the eagle turn their sights from each other and make room for each other in the world they share, can they reach new and brighter horizons. — Bill Vaughan

The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival. — Elizabeth Taylor

Be Somebody who makes Everybody feel like a Somebody — Robby Novak

I'm theologically in line with the Roman Catholic Church. I believe in the authority of the church, but I also have tremendous respect for my brothers and sisters in other Christian faiths. — Marco Rubio

Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened. — Baha'u'llah

I love life - that's my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life. — Albert Camus

We are the predatory swarm! — James Luceno

Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness. — Wayne Dyer

Maya Angelou entered our lives at Virago in 1984, when we first published I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. "Entered our lives" is too tame. She danced, sang, and laughed her way straight into our hearts. She brought us a best-seller, but more than that, she brought us a reminder that the human need for dignity and recognition is a gift easily given to one another, but also frighteningly easy to withhold. — Lennie Goodings