Giannico Pump Quotes & Sayings

I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren - and so it is; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands chearily together, that was I in a desart, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections - If I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to - I would court their shade, and greet them kindly for their protection - I would cut my name upon them, and swear they were the loveliest trees throughout the desert: if their leaves wither'd, I would teach myself to mourn, and when they rejoiced, I would rejoice along with them. — Laurence Sterne

One small spark was all it took to light up pitch darkness. — Bella Forrest

I began realizing that it wasn't important for me to concern myself with the perception of truth. — Justin Vernon

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion. — Suzan-Lori Parks

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Writing the middle of a novel is a lot like driving through Texas. You think it's never going to end, and the scenery looks the same. — Carolyn Wheat

You are still thinking like a child, talking about friendship and crap. You'll regret it when you see one of them die in front of you. — Charles Lee

I go to a restaurant with a group of women and pray that we can order lunch without falling into the semi-covert business of collective monitoring, in which levels of intake and restraint are aired, compared, noticed: 'What are you getting? Is that all you're having? A salad? Oh, please.' — Caroline Knapp

Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness. — Meister Eckhart

Soon, she and the rest of them would be ironic much of the time, unable to answer an innocent question without giving their words a snide little adjustment. Fairly soon after that, the snideness would soften, the irony would be mixed in with seriousness, and the years would shorten and fly. — Meg Wolitzer

It seems the activity of expressing sound to do with music has just started blooming - and because of that, the beginners feel like they're professionals, and the professionals feel like they are beginners, which is very healthy. — Ornette Coleman

I have to talk to someone or risk explosion. — Stephanie Perkins

From school desks with inkwells and scratchy nibs on paper to sweaty finger prints on a tablet... technology progression yes... style? — David H. Millar

There is no social life outside of Christendom. — William H. Seward

The average person would have quit at the first failure. That's why there have been many average men and only one Edison. — Napoleon Hill