Externus Oblique Quotes & Sayings

I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was thinking, doing this, about the old ways of gratitude: Indians thanking the deer they'd slain, grace before supper, kneeling before bed. I was thinking that gratitude is too much absent in our lives now, and we need it back, even if it only takes the form of acknowledging the blue of a bowl against the red of cranberries. — Elizabeth Berg

People often find comfort in ignorance of illusions, but rarely find solace in the truth of reality. — Lionel Suggs

So little by little I climb towards life, in the straitjacket of my prison. I don't waste an ounce of air or sun. I explore I bring to light. — Helene Cixous

He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it. — Seneca The Younger

In literature, as in Life, one is often astonished by what is chosen by others. — Andre Malraux

As Charles Lamb says, there is nothing so nice as doing good by stealth and being found out by accident, so I now say it is even nicer to make heroic decisions and to be prevented by 'circumstances beyond your control' from ever trying to execute them. — William James

The only way to learn and hone your craft is by working hard and writing regularly. — Darren Shan

What the work of art looks like isn't too important. — Sol LeWitt

A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom. — Hosea Ballou

If a body can no longer be accentuated, it should be abstracted. — Rudi Gernreich