Brited Costa Quotes & Sayings

There is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yesterday was a dark day in the history of humanity, a terrible affront to human dignity. After receiving the news, I followed with intense concern the developing situation, with heartfelt prayers to the Lord. How is it possible to commit acts of such savage cruelty? The human heart has depths from which schemes of unheard-of ferocity sometimes emerge, capable of destroying in a moment the normal daily life of a people. But faith comes to our aid at these times when words seem to fail. Christ's word is the only one that can give a response to the questions which trouble our spirit. Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say. Christian hope is based on this truth; at this time our prayerful trust draws strength from it.

~General Audience, September 12, 2001. — Pope John Paul II

They were never young and will never be old. They have no beauty, no charm, no style. They don't have to please anybody. They are safe. They — Raymond Chandler

It is required to find the infinitely big inside what's infinitely small to feel the presence of God. — Pythagoras

I look down at the city again. From here the city resembles a severed head, incinerated and discarded by the side of the river; its cavernous eye sockets are empty, bundles of dead nerves dangle from its neck, its shattered mouth gapes, a few desolate wires hang from its stark, scorched skull and, suddenly and incomprehensibly and so foreign to my body I could weep, I feel my heart expand with what I can only describe as a sensation of hope. Is there a word for that? Hope in the face of grand calamity. — Nick Cave

Music is the brandy of the damned. — George Bernard Shaw

In a Town like Twin Peaks noone is innocent — David Lynch

Facts are not interesting to me. — Ray Bradbury