Candelabros Antiguos Quotes & Sayings

And if there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their beloved, they would be the very best governors of their own city, abstaining from all dishonour, and emulating one another in honour; and when fighting at each other's side, although a mere handful, they would overcome the world. For what lover would not choose rather to be seen by all mankind than by his beloved, either when abandoning his post or throwing away his arms? He would be ready to die a thousand deaths rather than endure this. Or who would desert his beloved or fail him in the hour of danger? — Plato

When someone acknowledges you for something that they think about you, it's a huge compliment. — Michelle Yeoh

Miss Howard: Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written, though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime - you'd know at once. — Agatha Christie

Increasingly I think of myself as some strange and solitary conductor, introduced to a group of very dynamic musicians who happen to be my characters, and I have no idea how they are going to play together, and I have certainly no idea how I am going to put manners on them. — Colum McCann

Writing allows you the unique and uncensored expression of whatever wants to be spoken. — Deborah Sandella

Perhaps it is not so much what we learn that matters in these moments of awe and wonder, but what we feel in relationship to a world beyond ourselves, even beyond our own species. — Terry Tempest Williams

Living the same sorrows three times was a suffering, but it was a suffering to relive even the same joys. The joy of life is born from feeling, whether it be joy or grief, always of short duration, and woe to those who know they will enjoy eternal bliss. — Umberto Eco

It is a smokescreen if someone believes that they can make change without identifying the root causes which influence social disorder. — Nilantha Ilangamuwa

People are willing to support and watch web series as a legitimate form of entertainment. — Issa Rae

There's a fine line between thinking about somebody and thinking about not thinking about somebody, but I have the patience and the self-control to walk that line for hours - days, if I have to. — Jennifer Egan

After all, when you take a walk you're after solitude, and if the solitude won't come to you, you must go to it. — Elfriede Jelinek

One could perhaps describe the situation by saying that God is a mathematician of a very high order, and He used very advanced mathematics in constructing the universe — Paul Dirac

Life was not all laughter and mornings at the beach. It was okay to cry. — Karen Kingsbury