Gordimer Once Upon A Time Quotes & Sayings

Smoking had come to be an important punctuation mark in the long sentence of a day on the road. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; lead me by thine own hand; choose out the path for me. — Horatius Bonar

Shopping is never over," Susan said. "It is merely suspended. — Robert B. Parker

I'm always nervous! Especially when it comes to a series like 'Disgaea', where you do have such a devoted fan base, the last thing you want to do is disappoint. But I love playing bad guys and just always hope that fans will be forgiving if I miss the mark. — Troy Baker

It's lawmakers know better than anyone that laws are more a matter of practical compromise than any kind of moral imperative. — Kim Stanley Robinson

On or about December 1910, human character changed. — Virginia Woolf

She thinks, for the hundredth time, that in their emotional life all these intelligent men use a level so much lower than anything they use for work, that they might be different creatures. — Doris Lessing

[Y]our agricultural revolution is not an event like the Trojan War, isolated in the distant past and without relevance to your lives today. The work begun by those neolithic farmers in the Near East has been carried forward from one generation to the next without a single break, right into the present moment. It's the foundation of your vast civilization today in exactly the same way that it was the foundation of the very first farming village. — Daniel Quinn

did you just say 'gee whiz' to me? what am I, nine? I am a woman- — Christopher Moore

Aiki is the way of the Kami and was born of the will of the Kami. Rise early in the morning to greet the sun. Inhale the breath of heaven and let the cosmos inside. Next breath up the rich vibrance of the earth. Blend these breaths with your own breath and become the breath of life itself. Your mind and body will be gladdened, heartache and disappointment will dissipate and you will be filled with gratitude. The movements of Aikido which unite human being with great nature are all given by Sarutahiko-no-O-Kami. Aikido is Misogi..a purification of ourselves ... the way of the universe. — Morihei Ueshiba

Author Malcolm Gladwell believes that one can be an expert at something after putting in ten thousand hours of practice. — Anonymous

Nothing can remind you of your own fragile place in the universe so powerfully as someone your own age dying suddenly, here one minute, gone the next. — Cynthia Hand