Blanchots Quotes & Sayings

I saw my suffering for what it was, finite and insignificant, and I was still. My suffering did not fit anywhere, I realized. And I could accept this. Suffering is Finite, but I feel infinite. — Stephen Chbosky

summer ends and autumn begins. The trees retract their sap in a hurry and the resulting bright colours must be a panic-stricken response to the sudden withdrawal of that life-blood. Because the sight's so beautiful, you forget what this gorgeous display actually represents. Decay and death. If only human death were so glorious. — Linda Gillard

The late bird gets the fish that got the worm. — Brian Spellman

The sea finds out everything you did wrong. — Francis Stokes

Truth needs not flowers of speech. — Alexander Pope

To suffer destructive consequences is to obey laws in human nature — Sunday Adelaja

Each breath we take, each step we make, each smile we realize, is a positive contribution to peace ... a necessary step in the direction of peace for the world. — Nhat Hanh

God, now she knew what decent men felt like, the disquiet before taking someone for their first time. — J.R. Ward

Each of us has to face the matter - either the Church is true, or it is a fraud. There is no middle ground. It is the Church and kingdom of God, or it is nothing. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Dreams are not easy. Dreams are painful. They force work and commitment. They are challenging and motivating. — Robert Kiyosaki

I guess my life hasn't always been happy, or easy, or exactly what I want. At a certain point, I just have to try not to think too much about certain things, or else they'll break my heart. — Jonathan Franzen

Massachusetts, which is hard to spell, it is hard not to — Lenore Look