Clepsidra Timpului Quotes & Sayings

What is work? Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first one is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid. — Bertrand Russell

Daniel pointed to a dense paragraph of text. Luce hadn't realized until then that the book was written in Latin. She recognized a few words from the years of Latin class she'd taken at Dover. Daniel had underlined and circled several words and made some notes in the margins, but time and wear had made the pages almost illegible.
Arriane hovered over him. That's some serious chicken scratch. — Lauren Kate

She was close in her husband's arms; she clung to him; whatever of strangeness and slowness and insularity she might find in him, none of that mattered so long as she could slip her hands beneath his coat, run her fingers over the warm smoothness of the satin back of his waistcoat, seem almost to creep into his body, find in him strength, find in the courage and kindness of her man a shelter from the perplexing world. — Sinclair Lewis

Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in. — Simon Van Booy

There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people still slap these images on my books and I go bananas. — Hari Kunzru

Conservatives ... are so opposed to government regulations that they are skeptical of anyone who identifies a problem that requires regulatory solutions - and they are inherently accepting of those who downplay such problems. — Joseph J. Romm

Yeah, I have a tough-girl image. — Miranda Lambert

Heresy no longer existed within religion; it
was founded in the state. — Reinhart Koselleck

Look hard for ways to make little moves against destructiveness. — Andre Trocme

I love writing music, but it seems I'm always writing words, so I don't get much time to do it. — Neal Shusterman

The idea of synchronizing her outer movements with the natural rhythms of her body inspired her, — Tami Lynn Kent