Habyarimana Iye Quotes & Sayings

I'm so enraptured that I don't even notice Aithinne has stopped until Kiaran rounds his horse close enough to tap my arm. I slow. "What is it?"

Aithinne shakes her head once. "I sense something."

"I don't," Kiaran says.

His sister glances at him. "Of course you don't, you silly thing. You wouldn't if it were right up your arse."

I snicker, and at Kiaran's glare, I say, "You're the one who taught her to swear, not me. — Elizabeth May

Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means. — Henri Frederic Amiel

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. — Christopher Columbus

My brother Felix used to say that my knives would never be as sharp as my tongue, which was a shame. — Rae Carson

In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts. — Carl Von Clausewitz

I look at life as being cruise director on the Titanic. I may not get there, but I'm going first class. — Art Buchwald

this isn't a season of death but one of living — Jennifer Niven

I'm Reginald Clark, I'm afraid of the dark
So please do not close this book on me. — Shel Silverstein

I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs. — William Arthur Ward

Are we among those who yearn for the coming of the kingdom of justice and peace, who seek peace through justice? Or do we, like advocates of imperial theology, seek peace through victory? Where do we see the light of the world? Is America, the American empire, the light shining in the darkness? Jim Wallis, in his important book God's Politics, reports that our president on the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 2001 spoke of America as "the light shining in the darkness."1 The statement is remarkably similar to Rome's claim to be Apollo, the bringer of light. Or do we see the light of the world in Jesus, who stood against empire and indeed was executed by imperial authority? — Marcus J. Borg

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences. — Kobe Bryant

At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole. — John Donne

The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by
the object of its love: he who loveth mean and sordid things
doth thereby become base and vile; but a noble
and well placed affection doth advance and improve the spirit
into a conformity with the perfections which it loves. — Henry Scougal

I'll tell you, I go absolutely bananas for phallic-shaped fruit. — Jarod Kintz

Sometimes you get a call and an uncle passed away that you really liked, or a cousin or somebody else. So each day becomes a little more precious then the day that preceded it. — Jamie Farr