Desollado Quotes & Sayings

Most poetry is the utterance of a man in some state of passion, love, joy, grief, rage, etc., and no doubt this is as it should be. But no man is perpetually in a passion and those states in which he is amused and amusing, detached and irreverent, if less important, are no less amusing. If there were no poets who, like Byron, express these states, Poetry would lack something. — W. H. Auden

For sin bust be punished either by the penitent sinner or by God, his judge; and God, who has promised pardon to the penitent sinner, has nowhere promised to one who delays his conversion a morrow to do penance in. — Augustine Of Hippo

I say Democrats should not be afraid to talk about the morality of life, of caring for children who are born. It seems the Republican obsession with being pro-life lasts about nine months. After that, it's each baby for herself. — Jennifer Granholm

The moon is high up in the sky and it's spring.
I think of you and within myself I'm complete.
A light breeze comes to me from across the hazy fields.
I think of you and whisper your name. I'm not I: I'm happy. — Fernando Pessoa

I was raised by a single black deaf woman, so I am as independent as they come. — Grace Gealey

The traditional metaphor for a spiritual investigation is that of the voyage or the journey. From this image I must dissociate myself. I do not consider myself a voyager, I have preferred to stand still. — Susan Sontag

When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of grace. — Brennan Manning

When I think about it, I have no idea who you are, but that's not important, what matters is that we care about each other. — Jose Saramago

Like the worthless dogs that are his countrymen, my husband believed that his penis was wasted if he was faithful to just one woman. - At the Sound of the Last Post — Petina Gappah

A good woman is like a campfire; if you don't tend to her and keep her flame bright, she'll go out on you. — Sean D. Brennan

I had changed, and gone on changing, but I did not fully remember how it had begun, or understand why. — Susan Hill

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God. — Richard Hooker

Instead of waiting for community, provide it, and you'll end up with it anyway. — Jen Hatmaker

Great music is great music, period. — Ricky Skaggs

What do you need?" I asked, sitting beside him and fumbling through the mishmash in my lap. "How about this?"
I examined a container and read the label.
"Will belladonna do?"
"That's a poison, dear.I'd prefer if you didn't give me that." Even with his ghastly injury,his dry humor survived. — Cayla Kluver