Maewo Quotes & Sayings

The hungry feeling and the lonely feeling merged until it was hard to tell them apart. — Rob Sheffield

Punishments included hanging by the thumbs, toes barely touching the ground; bucking and gagging, being trussed like a turkey with a bit cutting the mouth; spread-eagling on a spare wheel, mocking crucifixion; flogging; and branding. — Michael C.C. Adams

He came to be very glad that he had known her, and that she had had a hand in breaking him in to life. He has known pretty women and clever ones since then,-- but never one like her, as she was in her best days. Her eyes, when they laughed for a moment into one's own, seemed to promise a wild delight that he has not found in life. "I know where it is," they seemed to say, "I could show you! — Willa Cather

The siblings of special needs children are quite special. Absolutely accepting and totally loving, from birth, someone who is different mentally, and has a different way of seeing the world, is a wonderful trait. It's a trait I wish there was another way of getting, but there isn't. And it does involve a degree of not having it fantastically easy. — Sally Phillips

Doth God exact day-labor, light denied,'
I fondly ask; but patience to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need
Either man's work or his own gifts, who best
Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best, his state
Is kingly. Thousands at His bidding speed
And post o'er land and ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and wait.'
~Sonnet 19: On His Blindness (1655)~ — John Milton

Entrepreneurs see the "no diving" sign and back-up to get a running start. — Ryan Lilly

Hope,' he says, 'cherishes the soul of him who lives in justice and holiness, and is the nurse of his age and the companion of his journey; - hope which is mightiest to sway the restless soul of man. — Plato

We are Sinclairs. Beautiful. Privileged. Damaged. Liar. We live, least in the summertime, on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. Perhaps that is all you need to know. — E. Lockhart

If you can do it, why do it." ~ Gertrude Stein — Gertrude Stein

I think of religion as something that stains the person. It's a mindset you can never get free from, it's always in the back of your head. — Angel Haze

In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers. — James Boswell

The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself. — Ridley Scott

Neither of my parents would ever stand in the way of any of their children speaking their minds. — Ron Reagan

Jesus who cannot suffer long to keep you in affliction will come to relieve and comfort you by infusing fresh courage into your soul. — Pio Of Pietrelcina