Betjeman Christmas Quotes & Sayings

Her rocking chair of carved wood and woven cane tilted between this world and another that was beyond imagining, wafting scents of talcum and medicinal tea, auras of lace-edged santos whose eyes rolled up to a heaven too close for comfort. — Sonia Sotomayor

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people. — Milan Kundera

Nourish your hopes, but do not overlook realities. — Winston Churchill

The writer cannot make the seas of distraction stand still, but he [or she] can at times come between the madly distracted and the distractions. — Saul Bellow

Don't call me a dinosaur. It isn't fair to the dinosaurs. What did a dinosaur ever do to you? — Jim Butcher

But man is not only made by history - history is made by man. — Erich Fromm