Larz Anderson Quotes & Sayings

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore. — Paul Westerberg

In the last few moments before dawn, Vianne sat near the mound of fresh-turned earth. She wanted to pray, but her faith felt far away, the remnant of another woman's life. — Kristin Hannah

I have always wanted to see what the vibe was like and I was right It's on the Vermillion Bayou. — Shelby Lynne

I labored in vain reciting the Three Histories
I wasted my time reading the Five Classics
I've grown old checking yellow scrolls
recording the usual everyday names
Continued Hardship was my fortune
Emptiness and Danger govern my life
I can't match riverside trees
every year with a season of green — Han-shan

I don't want to be dead. I haven't been loved this way for long enough. — Jenny Downham

I also remember, having been fucked up every day for years, that the world seemed like such a novelty to me during my first few years sober. Like, I remember going through each of the seasons and the magic of rediscovering what it felt like to be in the world: going to a pumpkin patch on Halloween, getting a tree for Christmas, I felt excited by reality in a way that I never had before. I actually wanted to be alive. — Melissa Broder

It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea ... — Edgar Allan Poe

When I'm in London, Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary. — Roman Coppola

To escape the power of the unknown, to prove to yourself that you don't believe in it, you accept its spells. Like an avowed atheist who sees the Devil at night, you reason: He certainly doesn't exist; this is therefore an illusion, perhaps a result of indigestion. But the Devil is sure that he exists, and believes in his upside-down theology. What, then, will frighten him? You make the sign of the cross, and he vanishes in a puff of brimstone. — Umberto Eco

When you are deeply peaceful and confident that, because of Christ, God will bring you safely to his eternal kingdom and be the all-satisfying Treasure of your life forever, then you are free to see the truth, and love the truth, and speak the truth no matter what, and joyfully spread a passion for the truth whose name is Jesus. — John Piper

Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered ... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith ... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown. — Thomas Becket

These are estimates that are done by the experts as to how much they expect we could get from the first lease sale that would take place in ANWR, and the estimate is about $2.5 billion. — Gale Norton

The prison psychiatrist asked me if I thought sex was dirty. I told him only when it's done right. — Woody Allen