Longfellow Evangeline Quotes & Sayings

They were jet, those wings, as deep as the sky, as black as Eoduin's hair - no, blacker, for they were dull, unoiled. They gave off no sheen in the light, no gleam to the eye. They drank up the light and diminished it: they were wings of pure shadow. — Meredith Ann Pierce

My daily life is an acknowledgment and expiation of my sin. — William Faulkner

How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings.
[Lat., O miseras hominum menteis! oh, pectora caeca!] — Lucretius

I never did think I had brain damage. — Leon Spinks

Pure has become impure,
Impure has now become pure.
Good has now become bad,
Bad has become evil.
For one to live is to die,
for one to die is to live.
-Kikyo — Rumiko Takahashi

I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats. — John Berryman

The task of the leaders must be to provide or create for them a strong framework within which they can learn, work hard, be productive and be rewarded accordingly. And this is not easy to achieve. — Lee Kuan Yew

That's the terrible part. I swear to God I'm a madman. — J.D. Salinger

We have many responsibilities, and one cannot expect the full blessings of a kind Providence if he neglects any major duty. A man has duties to his church, his home, his country, and his profession or job. — Ezra Taft Benson

Man at court has heard him tell how he took your maidenhead, — George R R Martin

We know that we have achieved something important for the club and for Villarreal. — Manuel Pellegrini

I guess I'm odd-looking. I'm skinny. But I'm not only skinny - I'm oddly shaped. — Andy Dick

My mother was not the cook in the family. My dad was. I'd watch him behind the grill, and I said, 'If I ever make it and have enough money, I'm going to make sure I dine in the best restaurants.' — Jesse McCartney