Comaf Quotes & Sayings

There was no place in the land where the seeker could not find some small budding sign of pity for the slave. No place in all the land but one - the pulpit. It yielded last; it always does. It fought a strong and stubborn fight, and then did what it always does, joined the procession - at the tail end. Slavery fell. The slavery texts in the Bible remained; the practice changed; that was all. — Mark Twain

We were free of self-judgment when we were babies, and yet at some point, we developed a sensitivity that taught us to react with self-consciousness and negative self-talk. — Elaina Marie

the fragrant bunches of nettle and dried lavender overhead, dusty gold — Diana Gabaldon

The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts. — William Shakespeare

What is the life of a man more than the life of a lamb, or any guiltless animal? — James Hogg

So often, environmentalists and others working to slow the destruction are capable of plainly describing the problems (Who wouldn't be? The problems are neither subtle nor cognitively challenging), yet when faced with the emotionally daunting task of fashioning a response to these clear and clearly insoluble problems, we generally suffer a failure of nerve and imagination. Gandhi wrote a letter to Hitler asking him to stop committing atrocities, and was mystified that it didn't work. I continue to write letters to the editor pointing out untruths, and continue to be surprised each time the newspaper publishes its next absurdity. At least I've stopped writing to politicians. — Derrick Jensen

Bei Dao became the most well-known name for me because of certain criticism of my work. Bei Dao was the name under which my work was criticized. So I became more well-known under Bei Dao than under the other names. — Bei Dao

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still asking. — Freda Adler

Let's table that. I need to man up. I need to queer up. That's what I need to do. I need to queer up and be fearless. — Mark William Lindberg

I love my people, and my family. Do not think I won't become a monster to keep them protected. — Sarah J. Maas

Having authored numerous and pretty versatile write-ups, I can't say that anything other than my soul, heart and life experience can be called a prominent part of every book I ever wrote — Sahara Sanders

When we're juniors will be neck deep in our majors and stuff. Then we have to graduate and stop pretending to be adults, and do it for real. Jobs, families, all that stuff has to come next. — S.A. Huchton