Enables Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

The "laughter through tears of sorrow" that Pushkin noted elsewhere in his work is precisely laughter. The images it produces are too deeply ambiguous to bear any social message. — Nikolai Gogol

The students wanted to speak to the government, and the police answered with bullets. — Vusi Mahlasela

And Dorothea..she had no dreams of being praised above other women.
Feeling that there was always something better which she might have done if she had only been better and known better, her full nature spent itself in deeds which left no great name on the earth, but the effect of her being on those around her was incalculable.
For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts and on all those Dorotheas who life faithfully their hidden lives and rest in unvisited tombs. Middlemarch — George Eliot

He gave her that last word. He gave her his love. He would think of her almost every day for the rest of his life. Only his presence would he withhold. — Edith Pearlman

Dear God, I admit that I'm a sinner. I am sorry for my sins. Please forgive me and save me. I ask this in the name of Jesus, who died for me. I trust in him right now. I believe that the sinless blood of Jesus is sufficient to pay the price for my salvation. Thank you for hearing me and receiving me. Thank you for saving my soul. — Tim LaHaye

Instead of her soul swaying with new life, it seemed to droop, to bleed, as if it were wounded. — D.H. Lawrence

But anyone who has been that young knows that the great grief of love is that your body feels the most when it knows the least. — Sarah Dunant

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience. — Kin Hubbard

I mean you're cute, but not that cute. Would Rhea really risk life in a maximum security detention unit just so that she could press herself against your manly body? — Malorie Blackman

I admit that one should never underestimate the capacity of banks to destroy enormous amounts of accumulated capital and reduce, temporarily, the supply. After all, capital is the accumulated savings of mankind. And banks are great masters in destroying enormous amounts of capital with great regularity. — Arie De Geus

Every lawful trade may be sanctified by the gospel to noblest ends. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one. — Eugenio Montale

The other thing is even the Jews in the course - even though metaphorically aligning themselves with Indians, and, you know, you have genocide aligning itself with another genocide. — Quentin Tarantino

In futsal, you see whether a player is really talented. You notice the small details in quality, class and tactical understanding. — Xavi

The measure of a woman's power is the degree of suffering with which she can punish her lover. — Yukio Mishima