Leaving Your Hometown Quotes & Sayings

For me, darkness is something very beautiful, — Riccardo Tisci

When I look at small things, I think I shall go on living: drops of rain, leather gloves shrunk by being wet ... When I look at something too big, I want to die: the Diet Building, or a map of the world ... — Kobo Abe

The ecological principle in agriculture is to connect the genius of the place, to fit the farming to the farm. — Wendell Berry

I was not sorry for loving Charleston or for leaving it. Geography had made me who I was. — Sue Monk Kidd

All of this material on key length block size and the number of rounds of encryption may seem dreadfully boring; however, it's important material, so be sure to brush up on it while preparing for the exam. — James M. Stewart

I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can. — Salman Rushdie

The soul ... is audible, not visible. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is not just bookstores and libraries that are disappearing but museums, theaters, performing arts centers, art and music schools - all those places where I felt at home have joined the list of endangered species. The San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe and my own hometown paper, The Washington Post, have all closed their weekend book review sections, leaving books orphaned and stranded, poor cousins to television and the movies. In a sign of the times, the Bloomberg News website recently transferred its book coverage to the Luxury section, alongside yachts, sports clubs and wine, as if to signal that books are an idle indulgence of the super-rich. But if there is one thing that should not be denied to anyone rich or poor it is the opportunity to dream. — Azar Nafisi

My career with the Navy and NASA gave me an incredible chance to showcase public service to which I am dedicated, and what we can accomplish on the big challenges of our day. — Scott Kelly

That young man will go far, she said. I don't know in what direction, but he will go far. — Alexander McCall Smith

My first novel, 'Leaving Atlanta,' took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the city was terrorized by a serial murderer that left at least 29 African-American children dead. — Tayari Jones