Quotes & Sayings About Disenfranchised Grief

But there were also times when she cried out in the darkness biting her lips - cried out against the substance of her age: for it was now that she should be young; now above all other times, with the wisdom in her, the wisdom that was frittered away in her 'teens', set aside in her twenties, now, lying there, palpable and with forty summers gone. She clenched her hands together. What good was wisdom; what good was anything when the fawn is fled from the grove? — Mervyn Peake

Ra warbled, 'Hel-lo-o-o-o-o!' and stumbled to his feet. He began — Rick Riordan

There is no religion in fact that I know that encourages or propagates violence in that its adherents should carry out. — Desmond Tutu

Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors. They studied meter with Ovid, plot construction with Homer, comedy with Aristophanes; they honed their prose style by absorbing the lucid sentences of Montaigne and Samuel Johnson. — Francine Prose

When we're young, we think we are the only species worth knowing. But the more I come to know people, the better I like ravens. — Louise Erdrich

Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is that they are not even superficial. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Your life can be a great success or it can be a disaster. Be careful with the choices you make. — Debasish Mridha

The beauty of being! — Lailah Gifty Akita

It wasn't my first kiss, maybe it wasn't my best kiss, but it was pretty fine, and the fact that he had asked will forever make that kiss stand out in my mind, touch my heart, make me remember a kiss so tender it made me cry. — Ellen Hopkins

Only after you take care of yourself, you become a happy joyful person. — Nina Obran

She entered the place of her dreams along a much traveled path and returned treading very carefully in order not to shatter the tenuous visions against the harsh light of consciousness. — Isabel Allende

There are few nicer things than sitting up in bed, drinking strong tea, and reading. — Alan Clark

It's the little mistakes that lead to big mistakes. — Pittacus Lore