Desisto Brothers Quotes & Sayings

People blush at praise
not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs. — C.S. Lewis

Ants do no bend their ways to empty barns, so no friend will visit the place of departed wealth.
[Lat., Horrea formicae tendunt ad inania nunquam
Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.] — Ovid

Means are more important than ends in the civilized struggle for ideas. Our dreams may be the loveliest on earth, but if we wade through blood and terror to achieve them, we will arrive to find ourselves destroyed. Don't kill. — Yuri Orlov

When you're writing, you're demented, alone, and full of doubt. It feels dangerous. — Joan Juliet Buck

In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays. — Kapil Dev

Rachael could find no solace in other people's tales of woe. Pain was uniquely one's own, and undiminished by a democracy of suffering. — Rhidian Brook

You don't really know how much you miss someone until it's gone. — Tina Reber

I'm really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that. — Paul Auster

Bit by bit, I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality. — Quentin Crisp