Kraaiennest Quotes & Sayings

We dare not forget, lest we become a nation that does not only not know its roots but where it's going — Mzwakhe Mbuli

Their only words. You can't be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it's an unpleasant truth. — George Carlin

From the cover blurb on the University of Wisconsin Press edition, writer unknown:

Discussing memoirs, diaries, collaborative narratives, photo documentaries, essays, and other forms of life writing, G. Thomas Couser shows that these books are not primarily records of medical conditions; they are a means for individuals to recover their bodies (or those of loved ones) from marginalization and impersonal medical discourse. Responding to the recent growth of illness and disability narratives in the United States.... — G. Thomas Couser

We don't give in and we don't stop. We are relentless and in the end we usually get to where we want to be. — Gary Neville

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse — Joseph Brodsky

We're pieces on a chessboard and we make our moves when it's our turn. If we don't, our decisions are made for us. — A.P. Jensen

Few targets of ridicule are as easy to hit as owners and handlers of competitive show dogs. — Meghan Daum

The wildness of this life grows & grows & continues to astound me with how large it is, how little I know of it. — Topaz Winters

The only thing I learn on a daily basis from law school is that I disliked it and the law so much that it's constantly this fire at my heels. — Stephan Pastis

A library is thought in cold storage. — Herbert Samuel

Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a still life or anything else is there: darkness and light, character dimension, texture. I painted heads too, of course. — John Hurt

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon