Madrasah Quotes & Sayings

If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best they could. — Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

When I got home, I poured myself one last quick drink. I took a deep sip and let the warm liquor travel to destinations well known. Yes, I drink. But I'm not a drunk. That's not denial. I know I flirt with being an alcoholic. I also know that flirting with alcoholism is about as safe as flirting with a mobster's underage daughter. But so far, the flirting hasn't led to coupling. I'm smart enough to know that might not last. Chloe — Harlan Coben

And without love, one is a dead man on furlough, nothing but a scrap of paper with a few dates and a chance name on it, and we as well die. — Erich Maria Remarque

A Wikipedia article is a process, not a product. — Clay Shirky

As sure as the vine
Twines 'round the stump
You're my darling sugar lump. — Miska Petersham

It's easy for you to speak of love when you've built walls high enough around your heart that you forget what true love is. Sacrifice. Shelter. Loyalty. — Randi Cooley Wilson

There's glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will — Elizabeth Wein

I wish I'd known you when you were alive. — Leonard Louis Levinson

We believed ourselves indestructable ... watching only the madmen outside our frontiers, and we remained defenseless against our own madmen. — Jacobo Timerman

Ook, though very clever, was the worst fighter in the tribe. That is how he ended up with Grot-Grot as his woman. Grot-Grot had a bald patch on the top of her head, she was missing an eye and she smelled like a dead skunk. She did have a good sense of humour though. — Aussiescribbler

When I start writing songs, and they come easily, I'm always very suspicious. That usually means they're reminding me of something I've already done before. When the songs become unsettling, and I feel anxious about what I'm doing, that usually means it's going to be more interesting later on when we actually record the stuff. — Nick Cave

What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains. — Lily Tomlin

Her long platinum blond hair fell in loose waves past her shoulders, with a few black peekaboo strands. She wore a black minidress and combat boots. — Jamie McGuire