Jophiel Fort Quotes & Sayings

Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma. — Hendrik Willem Van Loon

My burden is light, said the blessed Redeemer, a light burden indeed, which carries him that bears it. I have looked through all nature for a resemblance of this, and seem to find a shadow of it in the wings of a bird, which are indeed borne by the creature, and yet support her flight towards heaven.The wings of a bird, which are indeed borne by the creature, and yet support her flight towards heaven — Bernard Of Clairvaux

You might even be punished for performance that by any reasonable measure is truly excellent. — Steven Cohen

The Constitution was intended less to resolve arguments than to make argument itself the solution. — Joseph J. Ellis

For me
for pretty much every writer
the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity. — Cory Doctorow

She didn't know what to make of the fact that Vaughn had gone through such efforts for her. Part of
her was tempted to call him right then, but she was confused and trying not to read too much into the
situation, and feeling very uncertain about a lot of things. But Ginny's visit definitely had made one
thing clear, something Sidney could no longer deny, no matter how hard she tried.
She missed him. — Julie James

I played possum. I did this, as the possum does, out of fear. — Suzanne Finnamore

The same theme can be found in Carol Reed's pioneering The Stars Look Down, in which three classic avenue of escape from the working class are posited: crime, football and education. — Peter Wollen

Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.a — John F. MacArthur Jr.

This is a good day to die. Follow me! — Sitting Bull

I guess once you've seen Uma Thurman beaten up endlessly in the 'Kill Bill' movies, you think, 'If Uma can take it, what's the matter with me?' — Dennis Christopher

Procrustes, in Greek mythology, was the cruel owner of a small estate in Corydalus in Attica, on the way between Athens and Eleusis, where the mystery rites were performed. Procrustes had a peculiar sense of hospitality: he abducted travelers, provided them with a generous dinner, then invited them to spend the night in a rather special bed. He wanted the bed to fit the traveler to perfection. Those who were too tall had their legs chopped off with a sharp hatchet; those who were too short were stretched (his name was said to be Damastes, or Polyphemon, but he was nicknamed Procrustes, which meant "the stretcher"). — Nassim Nicholas Taleb