Magdangal By Napoleon Quotes & Sayings

What, then, should we have learned from 1989? Perhaps, above all, that nothing is either necessary or inevitable. — Tony Judt

Art is a passion or it is nothing — Robert Fry

Mennonites formed themselves in Holland five hundred years ago after a man named Menno Simons became so moved by hearing Anabaptist prisoners singing hymns before being executed by the Spanish Inquisition that he joined their cause and became their leader. Then they started to move all around the world in colonies looking for freedom and isolation and peace and opportunities to sell cheese. Different countries give us shelter if we agree to stay out of trouble and help with the economy by farming in obscurity. We live like ghosts. Then, sometimes, those countries decide they want us to be real citizens after all and start to force us to do things like join the army or pay taxes or respect laws and then we pack our stuff up in the middle of the night and move to another country where we can live purely but somewhat out of context. — Miriam Toews

Too many of us vote for our prejudices instead of our desires. — William Feather

As one might guess, I was easily roused by the grosser habits of the human body--toilet business not least of all. The very fact that other people moved their bowels filled me with awe. Any function of the body that one hid behind closed doors titillated me. I recall one of my early relationships--not a heavy love affair, just a light one--was with a Russian man with a wonderful sense of humor who permitted me to squeeze the pus from his pimples on his back and shoulders. To me, this was the greatest intimacy. Before that, still young and neurotic, just allowing a man to listen to me urinate was utter humiliation, torture, and therefore, I thought, proof of profound love and trust — Ottessa Moshfegh

Who ever hoped like a cricketer? — R.C. Robertson-Glasgow

If the people of Comic-Con ruled the world ... then tomorrow would be invented every day. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast. — Bill Parcells

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. — Jackson Pollock

Honestly I think she's terrified of letting anyone close enough to break her heart again." I shrugged and started to slide out of the booth. "Nothing wrong with reaching for the stars." "There is when what's available is only here in the ground level. I love Rule with everything I have, but he is far from perfect. Relationships are not tailor-made and people are flawed. You have to work around that and love the other person anyway. Our flaws are what make us unique, and while Rule might not be perfect, he is absolutely perfect for me. — Jay Crownover

The problem is, no matter how careful he is, I'll always remember the other falls, and no matter how much he tells me he's different, I'll always know it was at my expense. — Leisa Rayven

For some reason, I feel the same way about you that I felt about my kids when they were small - that it wasn't their job to love me, it was my job to love them. You can decide to feel however you want to, but I love you and I will always love you. — Elizabeth Gilbert

He's not good for you," Omio said. "He wants too much. He is someone who takes. He does not give. — Madeleine L'Engle