Eileen Parra Quotes & Sayings

Rituals are the kindergarten of religion. They are absolutely necessary for the world as it is now; only we shall have to give people newer and fresh rituals. A party of thinkers must undertake to do this. Old rituals must be rejected and new ones substituted. — Swami Vivekananda

Every heart has its own skeletons, as the English say. — Leo Tolstoy

It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden

The Tattoo. You wouldn't say "charming"
that was hardly the adjective, but something, there was something to him. If you were deep in self-hate but stained with ego enough that you needed your death-drive diluted, eager for muteness and quiet, your object-envy strong but not untouched by angst, you might succumb to the Tattoo's brutal enticement. — China Mieville

She hesitated, aware that an ill-judged phrase might anger Triumvir Hegazi; not that she particularly cared. Dared she call it the Melding Plague, now that the Yellowstoners had given it a name? Perhaps that would be unwise. — Alastair Reynolds

When I try to imagine a faultless love
Or the life to come, what I hear is the murmur
Of underground streams, what I see is a limestone landscape. — W. H. Auden

Images are no longer what they used to be. They can't be trusted any more. We all know that. You know that. When we grew up, images were telling stories and showing them. Now they're all into selling. They've changed under our very eyes. They don't even know how to do it anymore. They've plain forgotten. Images are selling out the world. And at a big discount. — Wim Wenders

I just want everyone out there to know that I'm super-awesome and a great guy and really cool to talk to and that I appreciate all the support. — Mark Hoppus

I would lay down everything I possess, even my soul, for you. If that isn't love, it's the best I have. — Becca Fitzpatrick

Author describes one monarch's impressive table but conveys a contemporary's observation, "the weightiest thing at dinner was the conversation". — Peter Heather

Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever. — Andrew Cohen