Giasuddin Al Quotes & Sayings

The skies we slept under were too uncertain for forecasts. They came and went on the moody gusts of the Atlantic, bringing half a dozen weathers in an afternoon and playing all four movements of a wind symphony, allegro, andante, scherzo and adagio on the broken backs of white waves. — Niall Williams

Meyer closed his eyes, obeying the summons. But this time, Divinity's presence was further away, not as intimate. — Sean Platt

You see, I could no longer be trusted around beautiful things and my weakness was apparent — Liza Ward

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate. — Pierre Corneille

Ghastly," continued Marvin, "it all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. Look at this door," he said, stepping through it. The irony circuits cut in to his voice modulator as he mimicked the style of the sales brochure. " 'All the doors in his spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.' "
As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed have a satisfied sighlike quality to it. "Hummmmmmmyummmmmmmah!" it said. — Douglas Adams

No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well. — Plato

One doesn't question a miracle. — Simon Beaufoy

When Opportunity came, the person didn't realize it because it came in the form of misfortune. — Napoleon Hill

How can you take such a risk? This could mean anything! It could mean nothing at all! Haven't you heard of fiction? This might be just from the imagination of a poet! — Jason Ellis

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking. — Charles Sanders Peirce

When I'm writing the poem, I feel like I have to close my eyes. I don't mean literally, but you invite a kind of blindness, and that's the birth of the poem. — Eileen Myles

The most important thing in convoluted families, I learnt as I wrote, is that the child feels loved. I knew from a young age that I was a problem which required constant solving; but I never felt unloved. I was lucky. — Allegra Huston

History is the siren song of the soul. — Terence McKenna

Would you believe me if I told you the only thing I want from you is
you? — Karen Robards

My father would often start to say something, then say 'Forget it.' — Bruce Eric Kaplan