Borereng Quotes & Sayings

Modernism had two great wishes. It wanted its audience to be led toward a recognition of the social reality of the sign (away from the comforts of narrative and illusionism, was the claim); but equally it dreamed of turning the sign back to a bedrock of World/Nature/Sensation/Subjectivity which the to and fro of capitalism had all but destroyed. — T.J. Clark

What kind of a parent would want their children to have servants? The moment a child thinks it is entitled to anything, they think they deserve everything. — Pierce Brown

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be. — Ron Francis

Think of innocent Icarus who is doing quite well:
larger than a sail, over the fog and the blast
of the plushy ocean, he goes. Admire his wings! — Anne Sexton

If it is hard to imagine that 20% of losses on the stock market, you should never participate — John C. Bogle

I'd never get over you regardless of what happened to you. You're not something I want to get over no matter where I am in my life. — Holly Hood

My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. — Jandy Nelson

BEYOND THE FARM, they'd heard, there were strange pale children who grew up entirely indoors and knew nothing of the fields and streams. Some of these children, they'd heard, had never even seen a tree. — Julie Otsuka

The soul gives us resilience - an essential quality since we constantly have to rebound from hardship. — Wynton Marsalis

The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting. — Samuel Johnson