Buchinyan Quotes & Sayings

If one squinted into Cabeswater long enough, in the right way, one could see secrets dart between the trees. The shadows of horned animals that never appeared. The winking lights of another summer's fireflies. The rushing sound of many wings, the sound of a massive flock always out of sight. Magic. — Maggie Stiefvater

Lord, admitting my accomplishments are your gift is a bittersweet thing to do. It stings at first because it humbles. But then it is so very sweet and brings such peace. It is not up to me, and it never was. Let me work hard, with this liberating insight removing the pressure I sinfully put on myself. Amen. — Timothy J. Keller

Such wounds to the heart will probably never heal. But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever. — Haruki Murakami

I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up. — Samuel Goldwyn

She's right. We would compose poems about love and tell stories that have been heard in some form before. But it would be our first time feeling and telling. — Ally Condie

Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion. — John Tillotson

Take my hand
and ...
feel the sand
beneath your aimless feet
towards the sparkling waves — Munia Khan

I'm tired of being your scratching post," he growled. "From now on, sharpen your claws on someone else." - Bumblestripe — Erin Hunter

Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being. The economic self-denial (that is, defense spending) and the human sacrifice (casualties, even among professional soldiers) required in the effort are uncongenial to democratic instincts. Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization. — Zbigniew Brzezinski