Immolated Monk Quotes & Sayings

Superfluous money buys wasted time, propelling desires that otherwise lay buried beneath the feet of honest toil. — Cyril Smith

If we turn now to such vestiges of cult as are associated otherwise than with time and season, we discover a definite recognition of the survival of these nearly a century ago. Keightley, the old fairy mythologist, who did such yeoman service in the collection of much valuable elfin lore, says, as long ago as 1850, when referring to the confused nature of his subject: 'Indeed it could not well be otherwise, when we recollect that all these beings (the larger and greater fairies) once formed part of ancient and exploded systems of religion and that it is chiefly in the traditions of the peasantry that their memorial has been preserved. — Lewis Spence

She was too honest, too natural for this frightened man; too remote from his tidy laws. She was, after all, a country girl; disordered, hysterical, loving. She was muddled and mischievous as a chimney-jackdaw, she made her nest of rags and jewels, was happy in the sunlight, squawked loudly at danger, pried and was insatiably curious, forgot when to eat or ate all day, and sang when sunsets were red. — Laurie Lee

A refusal to believe that God loves us is the unbelief which destroys the soul. — Edward Norris Kirk

I couldn't believe it. I had broken the law simply by not wearing clothes. — Matt Haig

She put a hard-boiled sneer on her face and gave me plenty of time to get used to it — Raymond Chandler

You see my next door neighbour worships exhaust pipes, he's a catholic converter. — Tim Vine

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true — Honore De Balzac

Feed by measure, and defy the physician. — John Heywood

Find out what you don't want to know about yourself, what you're afraid of. — Linda Evans

Death is something we don't have to fear, since as long as we exist death doesn't and when it does we don't. — Antonio Machado