Lengthens Crossword Quotes & Sayings

The snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life. — Orhan Pamuk

He knew you can't really be strong until you can see a funny side of things. — Ken Kesey

Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement; a sanded floor and whitewashed walls and the green trees, and flowery meads, and living waters outside; or a grimy palace amid the same with a regiment of housemaids always working to smear the dirt together so that it may be unnoticed; which, think you, is the most refined, the most fit for a gentleman of those two dwellings? — William Morris

I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art. — Noah Baumbach

a child is a fire to be lit, not a vase to be filled — Francois Rabelais

Since you came to birth in this world at this time, in this place, and with this particular destiny, it was this indeed that you wanted and required for your own ultimate illumination. That was a great big wonderful thing that you thereupon brought to pass: not the "you" of course, that you now suppose yourself to be, but the "you" that was already there before you were born. You are not now to lose your nerve! Go on through with it and play your own game all the way! — Joseph Campbell

As a general rule, librarians are a kick in the pants socially, often full of good humor, progressive, and, naturally, well read — Bill Hall

People were animals, and animals were nothing but teeth. You bit first, and you bit often. That was the only way to survive. — Frances Hardinge

The Church is like the moon, which shines with borrowed light. When God shines upon the Church, then the Church herself shines by reflecting his light. The glory of Jehovah is her glory, if that be withdrawn, she is dark indeed; but when that shines into her, and through her, then her brightness is great indeed. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Being more mature now, I've managed to make peace with my past, as it's making peace with me. Certainly there's a mutual gain for reflecting on both phases of my life, and although I consider the here and now perhaps to be more important, there are still many people who appreciate my past ephemeral stages and the lessons they represent. — Cat Stevens

The Lady: a fluty voice, sensible shoes, a melancholy sense of living by rules few still remember. — Mason Cooley

I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to be as easy to rule Iraq as they thought. — Juan Cole

Believing in something makes it happen — Jennifer L. Armentrout