Death In Angelas Ashes Quotes & Sayings

... that a letter isn't always just a letter. Words on page can drench the soul. — Jessica Brockmole

Because you are human beings you are going to meet failure. You are going to meet disappointment, injustice, betrayal, and irreparable loss. You will find you're weak where you thought yourself strong. You'll work for possessions and then find they possess you. You will find yourself - as I know you already have - in dark places, alone, and afraid.

What I hope for you, for all my sisters and daughters, brothers and sons, is that you will be able to live there, in the dark place. To live in the place that our rationalizing culture of success denies, calling it a place of exile, uninhabitable, foreign.

From "A Left-Handed Commencement Address," Mills College 1983 — Ursula K. Le Guin

Some minutes passed before anyone hastened to the aid of the elderly man sitting there collapsed in his chair. They bore him to his room. And before nightfall a shocked and respectful world received the news of his decease. — Thomas Mann

I'd always thought that I understood this, but lately I realize that what I call "understanding" is basically just fantasizing. — David Sedaris

I love doing short films because they're much more intimate and there's far less waiting around than on the bigger films. — Natalia Tena

I think everyone is introduced to the Peter Pan story when they're very young. Everyone has read the book and watched the Disney film and all that. — Charlie Rowe

I know that much of the structure and plan of the universe is beyond my understanding and not at all similar to anything of our earthly world that I have experienced so far. I marvel at the intellect and attention to detail, the precision manifested by the workings of this great and often unseen force of which we are all a part. — Rosemary Altea

Matthew. I'm here. I'm yours. I want to do everything you've ever imagined doing with me. — Lisa Kleypas

A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy's guts, he comes. — Bertolt Brecht

Friends
or lovers
are not always available to each other. Inner turmoils can cause us to be unhearing when someone needs us, to need to receive understanding when we should be giving understanding. — Madeleine L'Engle

I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They're running at me. — Markus Zusak