Bessie Stringfield Quotes & Sayings

To vigorous men intimacy is a matter of shame--and something precious. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Damn everything but the circus. — Corita Kent

If a branch is too rigid, it will break. Resist, and you will perish. Know how to yield, and you will survive. — Liezi

When man penetrates the mysteries of Nature, the "facts of Nature" become transparent symbols, revealing the "divine energies" and the "angelic" state which fallen man has lost, and which he may recover only for a moment, as when he is enraptured by the beauty of music or of a lovely face. At such moments man forgets his limited self, his individualistic dream, and participates in the cosmic dream, thus becoming freed from the prison of his own carnal soul. — Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Embrace the possibility of a fulfilled dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I grew up in Louisiana, a lot of carbohydrates, fried foods, all very good. Butter, lots of homemade cakes and cookies. Here I am in Los Angeles and just really educating myself about food. Once you know better, you do better. — Ali Landry

When the tip of his tongue touches the little hard nub of my clitoris I feel the same jolt in my sex as I do in my throat when I light up. There must be a connection. — Chloe Thurlow

Tilting forward, Iko pressed her flat, cool face to Cinder's brow, no doubt leaving a smudge of lipstick. Cinder laughed. — Marissa Meyer

Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their victories are not flukes because they position themselves where they will surely win, prevailing over those wh. — Sun Tzu

Trust, trust in the world, because this human being exists - that is the most inward achievement of the relation in education. Because this human being exists, meaninglessness, however hard pressed you are by it, cannot be the real truth. Because this human being exists, in the darkness the light lies hidden, in fear salvation, and in the callousness of one's fellow-men the great Love. — Martin Buber

Remember when welfare mothers were robbing us all blind and driving Cadillacs? — Joe Bageant

That sounds perfectly reasonable ... he said in a reassuring tone of voice, wondering who he was trying to reassure. — Douglas Adams

Rather than a person who hurts others, become the person getting hurt — Sui Ishida

Painting and tattooing the body is a return to animalism. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe