Matarasso Guila Quotes & Sayings

And morally, maybe, if there's such a thing as moral exhaustion. There is such a thing, he decides. You start by being idealistic, morally strong if you will, but then the rock of your moral strength is eroded, bit by bit, until you're, well, exhausted, and you do things that you never thought you would. Or you do things that you always feared you would. Or something like that. You'd think that there would be a breaking point - a decisive moment - but there is no single moment or event that you can put your finger on. No, it's not that dramatic - it's the dull, monotonous process of erosion. Maybe — Don Winslow

And all the while, I suppose," he thought, "real people were living somewhere, and real things happening to them ... — Edith Wharton

He tried to tell himself the dead are dead, but he knew Jenner had been right. Their ghosts stick in the minds of those that knew them, loved them, hated them. Those that killed them most of all. — Joe Abercrombie

To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime. — M. E. W. Sherwood

Any fool can waste, any fool can muddle, but it takes something of a man to save, and the more he saves the more of a man does it make of him. — Rudyard Kipling

The aroma of kaf," Turak said, "is almost as enjoyable as the flavor. — Robert Jordan

Love Egoist:
Let me tell you this. I've done things to be appreciated but nothing to be insulted for. After all, I'm trying my hardest not to disappoint my students. — Bisco Hatori

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances. — Napoleon Hill

There, there are no chicken wings — Brian Michael Bendis

This house has enough nooks and crannies for English muffins. — Kathy Bryson

Can a man change the stars?"
"Yes William. If he believes enough, a man can do anything! — A Knights Tale

We learn best when we care about what we are doing, when we have choices. We learn best when the work has meaning to us, when it matters. We learn best when we are using our hands and our minds.We learn best when the work we are doing is real and relevant. — Dennis Littky

I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember? — Gregory Peck

The age of lost innocence varies for each person. Some lose it when they learn that their childhood fantasies are merely myth, while others lose theirs due to trauma. As adults, we often look down our noses at those who manage to retain their innocence; we scoff at these few as being immature or irresponsible. Could it be that we hide our envy behind the cloudy eyes of our lost innocence? — J.D. Stroube