Blessings For Newlyweds Quotes & Sayings

I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos. — Brooke Shields

To love, or to have loved, - this suffices. Demand nothing more. There is no other pearl to be found in the shadowy folds of life. To love is a fulfilment — Victor Hugo

The enslaved were not bricks in your road, and their lives were not chapters in your redemptive history. They were people turned to fuel for the American machine. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

What in life can love not penetrate? — Mitch Albom

Ignominy is universally acknowledged to be a worse punishment than death . . . It would seem strange that ignominy should ever have been adopted as a milder punishment than death, did we not know that the human mind seldom arrives at truth up on any subject till it has first reached the extremity of error. - BENJAMIN RUSH, "AN ENQUIRY INTO THE EFFECTS OF PUBLIC PUNISHMENTS UPON CRIMINALS, AND UPON SOCIETY," MARCH 9, 1787 — Jon Ronson

Men are every bit as gendered as women. — Jackson Katz

Butch is our best equestrian,' Annabeth said. 'He gets along great with the pegasi.' 'Rainbows, ponies,' Leo muttered. — Rick Riordan

It is a cultural tradition that makes New Orleans what it is. It also represents the roots of American music and an important part of the African-American community in New Orleans. It unites people in some of the poorer neighborhoods of the city. It is absolutely critical to continue. — Bill Taylor

It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child. — Nancy Grace

My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol

A great spirit has been amongst us, and a great artist is gone. — Ezra Pound

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions. — Vera Rubin

Brotherly love is still the distinguishing badge of every true Christian. — Matthew Henry

He gives me good advice." Lord Henry smiled. "People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity." "Oh, — Oscar Wilde

As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest. — Simon Newcomb