Fabelhaft Douro Quotes & Sayings

This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural. — Algernon Sidney

Nothing like a spider in the mouth to get you thinking.
— Steve Aylett

She saw him after seventh hour in a place she'd never seen him before, carrying a microscope down the hall on the third floor. It was at least twice as nice as seeing him somewhere she expected him to be. — Rainbow Rowell

Dmitri's nerves calmed as he walked through the hedgerow maze, easily finding his way to the centre, sitting awhile.
He had walked the grounds three times, before he finally went into the graveyard, looking for Sveta's grave. It was easy to find. Easier since he had been to it every night since her passing. When he closed his eyes, he could still see her, strawberry hair blowing in the afternoon autumn wind, face flushed with laughter, eyes sparkling.
She'd been a plain girl too. But she'd loved him. — Carmen Dominique Taxer

What distinguishes all love from lust is the fact that it bears an impress of eternity. — Soren Kierkegaard

There is a noticeable general difference between the sciences and mathematics on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on the other. It's a first approximation, but one that is real. In the former, the factors of integrity tend to dominate more over the factors of ideology. It's not that scientists are more honest people. It's just that nature is a harsh taskmaster. You can lie or distort the story of the French Revolution as long as you like, and nothing will happen. Propose a false theory in chemistry, and it'll be refuted tomorrow. — Noam Chomsky

Eating vegetables makes me feel good. — Joely Fisher

I'd learned that when something sounded too good to be true, it almost always was. — Anonymous

When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut? — Idries Shah

Most traditional methods of working on oneself are mostly pain centered. People get to repeat over and over their painful emotions without knowing how to use the body's own inherently positive direction and force. — Eugene Gendlin

Faithfulness to principle is only proved by faithfulness in detail. — Frances Ridley Havergal

When you shift conversations and explore the greatness of your team members, you're likely to be a person who creates opportunities for their strength to show up on the job. — John Yokoyama

Any kind of self-concern, including a self-concern that leads one to shut down and give up (as, for example, a fear to fail) is itself a kind of pride. Feeling depressed that I am worse than others is as much an act of pride as feeling myself better. Both are acts of self-concern. — James E. Ferrell

Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose; also the first announcement of death. — Peter Conrad