Intermitentes Italika Quotes & Sayings

Women began their inner emancipation by their access to literature, by access to the world through books; an access they could not have socially or politically, or of course economically, in the world at large. — George Steiner

I wanted a love thick with time, as inscrutable as if a lathe had carved it from night and as familiar as the marrow in my bones. I wanted the impossible, which made it that much easier to push out of my mind. — Roshani Chokshi

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers. — Julia Gillard

They were a delicious bunch but always forgetting the sensible things like food and daylight and remembering only the more intoxicating ones like love and gin. — Rachel Joyce

True prayer presupposes an attitude of humble submission and adoration to the Almighty God. — R.C. Sproul

Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year. — Barack Obama

The noise of the trees, the breaking of moon into silver fish bouncing off the leaves of asters outside. — Michael Ondaatje

Buddha's Wife tells a fascinating story, little known in the west, about the woman whom Buddha left behind. Gabriel Constans focuses the reader's attention on the strong and complicated women who surrounded Buddha and makes us re-think the nature of spiritual life. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni