Herskovits Library Quotes & Sayings

He tightened his hold on her hair and brought his mouth down and claimed hers in a kiss that seared her straight down to her toes. They kissed as though they were starved for the taste of each other's mouths, until they were breathless. — Natasha Blackthorne

The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies. — Robert Burns

And for all he had learned to bandage himself up on the outside, the wound remained just as bad and deep as the moment it had been made - when it became obvious that the one male he wanted above all others was never, ever going to be with him. — J.R. Ward

By compassion one can be brave. — Laozi

Accidents and chance are words used by persons who do not think clearly when they attempt to account for certain happenings. Anyone who thinks must be convinced that in a world as orderly as this there is no room for the words accident and chance. — Harold Percival

Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible. — Vincent De Paul

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not. — Max Lucado

So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live. — Ned Vizzini

They still had hope, for hope in the heart of men lives on lean pasture. — Joseph Bedier

It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music. — Zubin Mehta

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish. — William Shakespeare

The Afghan sky, under which the most beautiful idylls on earth were woven, grew suddenly dark with armored predators; its azure limpidity was streaked with powder trails, and the terrified swallows dispersed under a barrage of missiles. War had arrived. In fact, it had just found itself a homeland ... — Yasmina Khadra

He said something interesting: he said that he thinks there is only free will when you are in time, in the present. He says in the past we can only do what we did, and we can only be there if we were there. — Audrey Niffenegger

If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life. — Yasmin Mogahed

I grew up, like most people in my generation, watching John Travolta. I was thrilled to meet him. — Jeffrey Toobin