Marcolini Marmi Quotes & Sayings

Dependence, she knew, and the longing for more than what you had, led to unhappiness and discontent. — Nora Roberts

If someone puts you through hell, don't be mad or bitter about it, because the thing that will free you from that hell is forgiveness. — Jeanette Coron

Speaking of metaphor, the dative construction works with a number of verbs of communication, as in Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies and Sing me no song, read me no rhyme. It's as if we think of ideas as things, knowing as having, communicating as sending, and language as the package. This is sometimes called the conduit metaphor, and it can be seen in dozens of expressions for thinking, saying, and teaching. We gather our ideas to put them into words, and if our verbiage is not empty or hollow, we might get these ideas across to a listener, who can unpack our words to extract their content. — Steven Pinker

Especially appealing to the planter elite was the conservatism of the American Revolution. Indeed, according to their reading, it had been so conservative that it hardly deserved the title of revolution at all. The goal had been simple political independence, and the issue of home rule had not expanded to include the dangerous question of who should rule at home. The men who made the revolution had maintained control in victory. — James L. Roark

When you don't have much family left, you'll do anything to protect what you have. — Rachel Hawkins