Blackhearted Sassafras Quotes & Sayings

What is literature but the expression of moods by the vehicle of symbol and incident? And are there not moods which need heaven, hell, purgatory, and faeryland for their expression, no less than this dilapidated earth? Nay, are there not moods which shall find no expression unless there be men who dare to mix heaven, hell, purgatory, and faeryland together, or even to set the heads of beasts to the bodies of men, or to thrust the souls of men into the heart of rocks? Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet.
(A Teller of Tales) — W.B.Yeats

The idea that human beings can make history, that is something quite unique to the modern West. — Pankaj Mishra

I take vitamins daily, but just the bare essentials not what you'd call supplements. I try to stick to a vegan diet heavy on fruit, vegetables, tofu, and other soy products. — Clint Eastwood

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world. — Ada Louise Huxtable

But even those people, cops, lawyers, doctors, learned what they learned from the aftermath. They weren't there when the killer tore at his victim; they didn't smell the scent of evil; they didn't hear the cries to heaven for something, someone, to intervene. — Anne Rice

it would be virtually impossible for two different individuals to share exactly the same beliefs. This is because, despite the fact that it is possible for two individuals to share the same environment, it is impossible for both people to perceive everything exactly the same way - all experiences are subjective. — David W. Lowell

I'm a true-crime addict. It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but I can't stop. — Gillian Flynn

I'd like to get out of Philadelphia. I don't care for the people or their attitude, although they don't bother me or my play. But maybe the Phillies can get a couple of broken bats and shower shoes for me. — Richie Allen

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69. — Ruben Blades

You got to remember that when things are out of our hands, that doesn't mean they're not in God's. — Lisa Wingate