Betran Apa Quotes & Sayings

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery. — Seneca The Younger

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you. — Branford Marsalis

At that moment Marilla had a revelation. In the sudden stab of fear that pierced her very heart she realized what Anne had come to mean to her. She would have admitted that she liked Anne--nay, that she was very fond of Anne. But now she knew as she hurried wildly down the slope that Anne was dearer to her than anything else on earth — L.M. Montgomery

At some glad moment was it nature's choice to dower a scrap of sunset with a voice? — Edgar Fawcett

Woe to those who spare no expense. I should know, since these are travelers who scorn AWAP for holidays in "foreign" countries so comfortable they qualify as near death experiences. — Lionel Shriver

It's that a man falls in love with some beautiful thing, with a woman's body, or even with just one part of a woman's body (a sensualist will understand that), and is ready to give his own children for it, to sell his father and mother, Russia and his native land, and though he's honest, he'll go and steal; though he's meek, he'll kill; though he's faithful, he'll betray. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay. — Francis Quarles

An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man. — Thomas More

I think the Mailman is taking us on one at a time, starting with the weakest, drawing us in far enough to learn our True Names - and then destroying us. — Vernor Vinge

Everywhere I went in the wild corners of Hawaii, I found that the biology was as astonishing as the beauty. The landscapes have value beyond the enchantment of a waterfall or the surreal drama of an expanse of slick rock with bits of green life taking hold. Exploring these islands intrigues the mind and stirs the imagination, for nature in Hawaii is at her most inventive and extravagant best. — Cynthia Russ Ramsay

I'm Jace." He let her see his own fangs. "And you're mine." A claim made before all the wolves in the room. From now on, any wolf who touched her would face him - and death.
She swallowed and tilted her head back to better meet his stare. "Hello, husband."
The wolf within growled ... Mine. — Cynthia Eden

I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself. — Ian Thorpe

What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read. — Samuel Johnson

I may not be able to fix what is wrong, but if I stand with someone who is suffering, it may give them the courage to stand up to what is wrong. — Karlyle Tomms