Karstums Quotes & Sayings

Shelves filled with jars of items meant for spells and ridiculous concoctions meant to heal bodies, inflict sickness, remove memories and countless other purposes covered most of the walls. The people brave enough to venture out into this part of the swamp and walk through this door were the ones most desperate for an answer. Most people who knew of the true power of voodoo stayed away. It wasn't an evil humans needed to dabble in. It could possess you, steal your soul if you allowed it. — Abbi Glines

We have met the enemy and have learned nothing more about him. I have, however, learned some things about myself. There are things men can do to one another that are sobering to the soul. It is one thing to reconcile these things with God, but another to square it with yourself. — Robert Leckie

Every parent is an artist, for the bared canvas of a newborn's soul begs for the artist's touch. And because this is so, a parent must prepare the palette with the utmost care, choose the brushes with poised caution, and mindfully attend to every brushstroke regardless of how slight. And such caution is utterly imperative for the emerging rendering will be both a legacy borne of the parent, and a life lived by the child. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The dance is strong magic. The body can fly without wings. It can sing without voice. The dance is strong magic. The dance is life. — Pearl Primus

... he would apologize. He would say all the right things. But he just didn't get it. The next time, nothing would have changed. — Delphine Dryden

I learned the bad guys are not always bad, the good guys are not always good, and to quote Captain Barbossa, the parameters are like rules, mostly guidelines. And that it takes a little bit of bad boy to fight the evil in the world.
Terri Mitchell — Sherrilyn Kenyon

It would be both foolish and cumbersome to continue our everyday existences in bliss without first denying to ourselves, for the sake of excusing our own repugnance, the inherent cruelty from which modern civilization was conceived ... And there can be no other path by which a fiercely competitive, yet social species, as humanity, can afford its members the level of safety, prosperity and stability - such that we enjoy now - without its initial pangs of cannibalism, brutality, dominance and cruelty to forge the foundations, very much like the lava which formed the ground upon which we now stand. Lava still erupts from the core. Brutality, Dominance, and Cruelty similarly erupt from ours; and they are no less prevalent now than in early human history. — Ashim Shanker

The heart that is constantly overflowing with gratitude will be safe from those attacks of resentfulness and gloom that bother so many persons. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert. — Zach Wamp

Conceit is to be dreaded, but so is cowardice — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A parents wishes for their children shouldn't be to be as good as them but to surpass their own abilities and hopefully lead to a better world. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it. — Swami Vivekananda

I love designing at the moment, I'm so happy with my work. — Vivienne Westwood

Self- examination is essential if you want to heal and become whole. Through self-examination the Holy Spirit will show you what you need to change or deal with. Taking responsibility for your hurt and pain will lead to internal changes, character growth and needed personality changes. — Michael Barbarulo

When in doubt, bravado. Always bravado. — Melissa Grey