Cisternino Martina Quotes & Sayings

There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old ... When the duties of life have all been nobly done; when the sun touches the horion; when the purple twilight falls upon the past, the present, and the future; when memory, with dim eyes, can scarcely spell the blurred and faded records of the vanished days-then, surrounded by kindred and by friends, death comes like a strain of music. The day has been long, the road weary, and the traveler gladly stops at the welcome inn. — Robert Green Ingersoll

It's always something here - if there isn't a riot, then someone's usually trying to escape. The wasted effort helps me see the positives of imprisonment. Unlike those pulling their hair out in good society, here we don't have to feel ashamed of our day-to-day unhappiness. Here we have someone visible to blame - someone wearing shiny boots. That's why, on consideration, freedom leaves me cold. Because out there in the real world, freedom means you have to admit authorship, even when your story turns out to be a real stinker. — Steve Toltz

And sometimes it takes disappointment to remember that this world is not our home. — Emily T. Wierenga

His own eyes were soft and dreamy, cloudy as a trout pool in the rain. — Diana Gabaldon

Two great talkers will not travel far together. — George Borrow

This time - you better be ready to fight for her. She doesn't deserve anything less. — Jay McLean

Then I felt like having a piss and I did that — Bryce Courtenay

It is difficult to see ourselves as we are. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have good friends, lovers or others who will do us the good service of telling us the truth about ourselves. When we don't, we can so easily delude ourselves, lose a sense of truth about ourselves, and our conscience loses power and purpose. Mostly, we tell ourselves what we would like to hear. We lose our way. — Jon Katz

Perhaps people hate because it's more difficult to love. It also takes more courage to do the latter. — Primadonna Angela

Joy is strength. — Mother Teresa