Binnacle Books Quotes & Sayings

Being stern was like being underwater-she could do it, but never for long, and how her whole boy burned to come up for breath! — Catherynne M Valente

Some people giving orders and others obeying them: this is the essence of servitude. Of course, as Hospers smugly observes, "one can at least change jobs," but you can't avoid having a job - just as under statism one can at least change nationalities but you can't avoid subjection to one nation-state or another. But freedom means more than the right to change masters. — Bob Black

I wonder, James, whether it is not too easy for a rich man to despise money — Patrick O'Brian

Through incarnations, some beings do go down. That is to say, they forget. The soul falls into an eclipse of itself and there is a downward progression for a time. — Frederick Lenz

I do not want to convince Christians to work for the abolition of war, but rather I want us to live recognizing that in the cross of Christ, war has been abolished. — Stanley Hauerwas

Haven't you ever wanted something so bad that it becomes more than a want? I need to get out of this town. I need it like I need to breathe. — Alwyn Hamilton

I always love the holiday episodes, because you really get to see everybody at their best. — Rocky Carroll

True religion is removed from diet and days, from garments and ceremonies, and placed where it belongs-in the union of the spirit of man with the Spirit of God. — A.W. Tozer

Perfect understanding between beings is no guarantor of happiness. To perfectly understand another's madness, for instance, is to be mad oneself. The veil that separates earthly beings is, at times, a tragic barrier, but it is also, at times, a great kindness. — Andre Alexis

No one plows the field just by thinking about it. — Ljupka Cvetanova