Brearley Cemetery Quotes & Sayings

When food came in, the human beings were quiet and trusting and beautiful. They shared. — Kurt Vonnegut

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang. — R. Scott Bakker

Real grief is not healed by time ... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the more fully we become aware of who she was for us, and the more intimately we experience what her love meant for us. Real, deep love is, as you know, very unobtrusive, seemingly easy and obvious, and so present that we take it for granted. Therefore, it is only in retrospect - or better, in memory - that we fully realize its power and depth. Yes, indeed, love often makes itself visible in pain. — Henri Nouwen

Wake late, win late. — Amit Kalantri

What do you suppose it means, Hudson, when I dream of a beautiful blond lady and awaken to find a long blond hair in my bed?" Hudson chuckled. "My goodness, sir. What vivid dreams you must have!" "You have no idea. — Julie Klassen

Stories are verbal acts of hospitality. — Eugene H. Peterson

wakened by pain
from a dream of pain
I wipe the sweat
and rose petals
scatter — Shiki Masaoka

Had made her see that there was hope for many of her squadmates, hope for a life beyond the regimented existence of an Arrow. Those like Zaira could stand sentinel against the darkness so others could be free to grab at life. — Nalini Singh

A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world. — John Keats

Be ever more obedient to God and He will save you. — Pachomius The Great

Above me, the moon spun low across the sky and a few watery clouds hung from the stars like cobwebs. In — Cherie Priest

The ship groaned and growled beneath him like a constipated fat man straining to shit. — George R R Martin

It is possible for the assembly-line worker consigned to tightening the bolts on the transmission and the office worker who processes medical insurance claims to work with pride and efficiency, but it's not easy to maintain that attitude. — Paul Hawken

We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon. — George W. Bush

The authors disclose that in less than a century the word "tension" grew from signifying a literal electric charge to a metaphor for emotional stress between two people. Writes Owen Barfield, "The scientists who discovered the forces of electricity actually made it possible for the human beings who came after them to have a slightly different idea, a slightly fuller consciousness of their relationship with one another. — Philip Zaleski