Mark Twain Rural Quotes & Sayings

That's how children deal with terror, they fall asleep. — Khaled Hosseini

Crimes increase as education, opportunity, and property decrease. Whatever spreads ignorance, poverty and, discontent causes crime ... Criminals have their own responsibility, their own share of guilt, but they are merely the hand ... Whoever interferes with equal rights and equal opportunities is in somereal degree, responsible for the crimes committed in the community. — Rutherford B. Hayes

There are floods of praise coming in as well as criticism. — Edmund Morris

hidden in this huge city beats in unison the heart of a whole people seeking to find their route to a better future. — Dulce Rodrigues

The doors opened, and the first zombies appeared. Men and women, their eyes glassy and their muscles slack, stumbled out through the open doors. Miller had seen a documentary feed about hemorrhagic fevers as part of his training on Ceres Station. Their movements were the same: listless, driven, autonomic. Like rabid dogs whose minds had already been given over to their disease. — James S.A. Corey

A competitive and insecure woman will tell you that "true love" is never giving up on someone you're in love with. A confident and spiritual woman knows that "moving on" doesn't mean you never loved someone. She realizes that letting go is what God needs her to do because both your happiness and hers requires taking different journeys for spiritual growth. Letting go is sometimes the hardest thing, but it is the most "real love" you will ever experience. — Shannon L. Alder

The more intentional you are about your leadership growth, the greater your potential for becoming the leader you're capable of being. Never stop learning. — John C. Maxwell

Raising boys has made me a more generous woman than I really am. Undoubtedly, there are other routes to learning the wishes and dreams of the presumably opposite sex, but I know of none more direct, or more highly motivating, than being the mother of sons. — Mary Blakely

People aren't used to thinking of cultural forms spreading out across the full range of formal interactions - or what is called the 'text' in literary terms. — Tony Conrad

He's a collector. That's the great dead thing in him. — John Fowles

There's a small island, inhabited in the South Pacific that I will try to swim to. — Peter Arnett

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk. — Edmund H. North

Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks. — Madame De Stael