Domenico Savio Quotes & Sayings

You want to find your self in the flow of time, miraculously relieved of your irrelevance . . . I saw the pursuit of historical beauty, the yearning for those higher essences other people had staked their lives on, as the hope for some kind of voice, a chance to join the chorus. I was mad for relevance, connection, some hint that I was not alone. I started scribbling in notebooks in part just so I'd have an excuse, a reason for sitting where I sat, an alibi for being by myself. — Charles D'Ambrosio

Persistence can look a lot like stupid. — Kristen Lamb

Whoever embarks with women embarks with a storm; but they are themselves the safety boats. — Arsene Houssaye

I've had some wonderful successes and some extreme disappointments in my career and my life. — Joyce Maynard

Frank told me once
and I don't know whether he's right or not, and I didn't tell Sam this either
that all the best undercovers have a dark thread woven into them, somewhere. — Tana French