Bitey Of Brackenwood Quotes & Sayings

Christianity was preached just on the basis of the fascination of this fanaticism, and that is what made it so attractive to the Greek and the Roman slaves. They believed that under the millennial religion there would be no more slavery, that there would be plenty to eat and drink; and, therefore, they flocked round the Christian standard. Those who preached the idea first were of course ignorant fanatics, but very sincere. In modern times this millennial aspiration takes the form of equality--of liberty, equality, and fraternity. This is also fanaticism. True — Swami Vivekananda

You're a romanticist. What do you think a man is, a papaya? To digest your dinner? In pill form? — William Carlos Williams

She heard a low murmur of the far-away voices: a chant repeated over and over. — A.O. Peart

My heart is its own fierce country where no one else is welcome. — Fiona Wood

Stay hungry to become the best that you can be. Never be satisfied with the level of artistry you've attained. You can always be better. — Mia Michaels

I have so much hate that it has turned into love. — Margaret Cho

Then I celebrated my Wall of Books. I counted the volumes on my twenty-foot-long modernist bookshelf to make sure none had been misplaced or used as kindling by my subtenant. "You're my sacred ones," I told the books. "No one but me still cares about you. But I'm going to keep you with me forever. And one day I'll make you important again." I thought about that terrible calumny of the new generation: that books smell. — Gary Shteyngart

To begin with the old rigmarole of childhood. In a country there was a shire, and in that shire there was a town, and in that town there was a house, and in that house there was a room, and in that room there was a bed, and in that bed there lay a little girl; — Elizabeth Gaskell

The worst way to improve the world is to condemn it. — Philip James Bailey

If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take the story. — Isabel Allende

The next day, eating a turkey sandwich with salt and mayonnaise, Rebecca decided Thanksgiving was the best holiday, although she had little to choose from: her family never celebrated Hanukkah but her father was militant about ignoring Christmas and insisted they spend December 25 eating Chinese takeout and going to the movies. — Anna Quindlen

This is as true a story as has ever been told: the story of my love for Mattie, and, I suppose, her love for me in return. — Laila Ibrahim

Creativity is the way I share my soul with the world. — Brene Brown

But a dauntless faith believes — Thomas Aquinas