Historias Biblicas Quotes & Sayings

Libertarianism is the simple morality we learned as children: Don't strike first, don't steal or cheat, keep your promises. If you inadvertently fail to live up to these standards, make it up to the person you've harmed. If someone harms you, you may defend yourself as needed to stop the aggressor and obtain reparations. This simple morality works group-to-group just as it works one-to-one to bring about a peaceful and prosperous world. — Mary Ruwart

Jean Valjean had entered the galleys sobbing and shuddering; he emerged impassive. He had entered in despair; he emerged gloomy. — Victor Hugo

Vengeance is pointless, but certain men did not have a place in the world we sought to construct — Simone De Beauvoir

May through to June I spent my time deciding how to spend my time, which is the first, second, and third through nine thousand seven hundred and griftyfifth items on the agenda of every writer, or neurotic. I was getting ahead of myself, fretting whether the book would have to have notes or sources cited, fretting whether I'd be allowed to decide anything at all. — Joshua Cohen

Gift giving is part of the culture no matter where you are and no matter how long you stay. — Christalyn Brannen

The greatest risk is not taking any. — Tim Fargo

Sex ought to be a wholly satisfying link between two affectionate people from which they emerge unanxious, rewarded, and ready for more. — Alex Comfort

Once a man had thrust his hands into the soil and knew the grit of it between his teeth, he felt something rise within him that was not of his day or generation, but had persisted through birth and death from a time beyond recall. — Martha Ostenso

Life is but a series of misunderstandings. — Denis Diderot

The day and time itself: late afternoon in early February, was there a moment of the year better suited for despair? — Alice McDermott