Jakobson Cyclist Quotes & Sayings

If we don't understand the bad news, we will never grasp the good news. — Matt Chandler

Although I am cursed by dreams, I still cannot stop myself sleeping. I drop into darkness every night and dream that Richard has come to me, laughing. He tells me that the battle went his way and we are to be married. He holds my hands as I protest that they came and told me that Henry had won, and he kisses me and calls me a fool, a little darling fool. I wake believing it to be true, and feel a sudden sick realization when I look at the walls of the second-best bedroom, and Cecily sharing my bed, and remember that my love lies dead and cold in an unmarked grave, while his country sweats in the heat. My — Philippa Gregory

The more you approach infinity, the deeper you penetrate terror — Gustave Flaubert

Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon. — Matsuo Basho

A poor child knew what it meant to be poor. We didn't ask for much, and sometimes we didn't even ask. — Da Chen

Everyone I know lies, breaks their word, and has perfectly legitimate excuses for why they do. Except you. Haven't you ever noticed that? Two times in twelve years, you said you'd find this girl no matter what. And you did. Why? Because you gave your word, babe. And that might not mean shit to the rest of the world, but it means everything to you. Whatever else hapened today, you found her twice, Patrick. When no one else would even try. — Dennis Lehane

Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way. — Janet Fitch

Eventually, something or someone will come along in your life to show you that what other people think don't matter. You'll find the strength to not let what people say affect you in quite the same way. — Tillie Cole

A good working definition of fanaticism is that you are so convinced of your views and policies that you are sure that anyone who opposed them must be either stupid and decieved or have some ulterior motive. We are today a nation where almost everyone in the public eye displays fanaticism with every utterance. — Orson Scott Card

I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten. — Henry Louis Gates

That's what metal means to me, feeling that feeling when you hear something that totally turns you on. — Chris Reifert

Hearing her tell Wardle about the disposable wedding cameras she had ordered had brought home to Strike how soon she would become Mrs. Matthew Cunliffe. There's still time, he thought. For what, he did not specify, even to himself. — Robert Galbraith