Binerie Quotes & Sayings

Was it probably true that reasoning beings were equal? It seemed more like a belief than a fact, even if I agreed with it. If you followed logic all the way back to its origin, did you inevitably end up at point of illogic, an article of faith? — Rachel Hartman

Polly tried to conquer the bad feeling; but it worried her, till she remembered something her mother once said to her: When you feel out of sorts, try to make someone else happy, and you will soon be so yourself. — Louisa May Alcott

Sandro never cared about reciprocity. Sex is not about exchange values, he said. It's a gift economy. — Rachel Kushner

This harsh little man - this pitiless censor - gathers up all your poor scattered sins of vanity, your luckless chiffon of rose- color, your small fringe of a wreath, your small scrap of ribbon, your silly bit of lace, and calls you to account for the lot, and for each item. You are well habituated to be passed by as a shadow in Life's sunshine: it its a new thing to see one testily lifting his hand to screen his eyes, because you tease him with an obtrusive ray. — Charlotte Bronte

It is a question of discovering a truth which is truth for me, of finding the idea for which I am willing to live and die. — Soren Kierkegaard

When the fierce, burning winds blow over our lives-and we cannot prevent them-let us, too, accept the inevitable. And then get busy and pick up the pieces. — Dale Carnegie

Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself. — Jane Addams

Before I knew what was happening he was pulled away from me and I wondered for a second where Anna had got such strength from. But it wasn't Anna who was bashing Greg Sim's face on the ground. It was Jacob Coote. — Melina Marchetta

Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' — Berkeley Breathed

A miracle no longer seems to me a manifestation of extraordinary power, but an extraordinary manifestation of ordinary power. God is always showing himself. — Lyman Abbott

sunlight had made shards of glass in the ruins glitter and sparkle, — Kate Morton

Those who have no knowledge are often willing to occupy influential positions with the aim of acquiring every possible benefit. — Eraldo Banovac

My dwelling is but a rustic cottage, but still I should like you to see, at least, the pretty mountain streamlet which waters my garden. — Murasaki Shikibu