Korolenko And The Kishinev Quotes & Sayings

The beggarly last doit. — William Cowper

I would never have chosen that life for myself, I know. But God knew what he was doing. And everything I went through turned out to make songs like we write that touch people that have to go through the same kind of things. And if I hadn't gone through what I went through I wouldn't be right here right now. And I'm just talking about how God makes good out of bad, usually all the time, he can always do that. It's just that God works everything together for the good of those who love him. And I'm glad I've gone through what I did. — Lacey Sturm

Love withers under constraints. Its very essence is liberty; it is comparable neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear; it is there most pure, perfect, and unlimited where its votaries are in confidence, equality and unreserve. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

I spent many years writing and directing in radio drama, so I am comfortable with an audience or a microphone, but I do worry about the blurring of an author's public persona with the work itself. A good 'performer' can make a mediocre book sound strong, and a shy author can leave listeners missing the excellence of his or her writing. — Guy Gavriel Kay

Just the thought of getting up made me glad I was lying on the floor. — David Foster Wallace

And while my mind is telling me I'm flirting with her just to prove a point, my body wants to play you show me your perky privates and I'll show you mine. — Simone Elkeles

I was talking and playing pranks and skipping school, failing pretty much every class I took. — Tig Notaro

When you forgive, you do not change the past, but you change your future". — Camilla Dorand

No intelligent man has ever lost a fight to someone who said 'I'm gonna kick your ass'. — Rory Miller

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world. — Jim DeMint

Certain things need to be said if one is to avoid falsifying the problem. — Frantz Fanon

I've never been anywhere in the world. I wouldn't know how to get there in the first place. — Sara Baume

It's always a struggle to make things sound more or less brilliant. — Victoria Legrand

Language is generated by the intellect and generates the intellect. — Peter Abelard