Lalaking Torpe Quotes & Sayings

Simplicity is no longer presented as a virtue. The value of complex and difficult language has been preached with such insistence that the public has begun to believe the lack of clarity must be a sign of artistic talent. — John Ralston Saul

Planning a career, I always find that such a tricky thing, because I don't have much of a plan, really. — Christian Bale

Do you even know what Avila is? — Anonymous

Sometimes I feel quite distinctly that what is inside me is not all of me. There is something else, sublime, quite indestructible, some tiny fragment of the Universal spirit.Don't you feel that? — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

No amount of photography could replace the memories of a life lived, of lives observed and known, of lives elaborated in the mind and on the page. — M.G. Vassanji

The neglect of the humanities in present-day education is doubtless not a cause but a symptom of an age. — Vincent Massey

I cling to the basic set of tenets laid out in Tom Wolfe's 'New Journalism' - to get out there like the great French novelists of the 19th century and study life. I am a Tom Wolfe fan of the first order. — Peter York

Hope begins in the dark. — Anne Lamott

Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag? — Steven Wright

The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was not a washroom. They were not sent there for a shower. For those people, life was still achievable. — Markus Zusak

Anything where people have to work together makes me cry. — Brenda Blethyn

Who's he kidding? He's no gentleman. He has my panties — E.L. James

Good friends and excellent teachers - Stick close to them! Wealth and power are fleeting dreams but wise words perfume the world for ages. — Ryokan