Lylia Quotes & Sayings

Nat played away and never minded anyone, while his eyes shone, his cheeks reddened, and his thin fingers flew, as he hugged the old fiddle and made it speak to all their hearts the language that he loved. — Louisa May Alcott

Understanding someone, and loving him despite that understanding, is a trait more often found in angels than in mankind. — Elizabeth Lowell

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink. — Duke Of Wellington

Eventually, at Buddhahood, you become capable of remaining in the innate — Dalai Lama XIV

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
'We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,'
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December. — Oliver Herford

She sat on the dock at the lake and watched the clouds thicken. She wished it would rain hard and long and clear everything away. Rain never came when you asked for it. — Ann Brashares

Lauren whirled her head around so quickly that the motion hurt her neck. Jared's hand came up and clamped the hat more firmly over his face. He adjusted his long body to another position, contracting and relaxing muscles that Lauren didn't know existed. But then, she had never seen a masculine physique like this before. His languid movements were repelling and thrilling at the same time. It was like watching some pagan god who was beautiful even in his decadence. — Sandra Brown

I just write what I think is good and keep it at a thousand words. — Henry Rollins

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism. — Graham Greene

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Survival is as much a matter of grace as fight. The expression, 'grace under pressure' implies the attainment of equanimity and equilibrium. The fundamental durability of the human body surprises us because the pain can be so intense - yet pain is often transient and hides the tremendous effforts the body is engaged in to heal itself. — Gretel Ehrlich

Your genes may be causing your blues! We now know depression runs in families and chemical changes in the brain coincide with clinical depression. Medications, psychotherapy, and other treatments can adjust these changes and chase depression away. — Joni E. Johnston

Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money. — Alain De Botton

All the great things are simple. — Winston Churchill