Maysoon Sheabaan Quotes & Sayings

But we must be completely clear ... if nationalism is truly the hallmark of a people in the prime of its youth and energies, how does it happen that under its aegis morality decays, ancient customs die out
that men are uprooted, the steadfast derided, the thoughtful branded, the rivers poisoned, and the forests destroyed? Why, if this is a high watermark of our national life, has our speech been vulgarized in this unprecedented way? — Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen

Allowing anyone, even Mairelon, not only to come close to her, but to circle her waist with his arms brought back old fears, though she had to admit that the sensation was pleasurable on those rare occasions when she could relax enough to enjoy it. — Patricia C. Wrede

He didn't know if that was really true or not, but he discovered something which was tremendously liberating: he didn't care. He was very tired of thinking and thinking and still not knowing. He was also tired of being frightened, like a man who has entered a cave on a lark and now begins to suspect he is lost. Stop thinking about it, then. That's the solution. — Stephen King

He was going on about baptism. A birth and a death and a marriage, he said. A touch of water and these children are given the whole of life. — Marilynne Robinson

Religion is no more national than conscience. — Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau

As soon as I finished the Russian course, I was sent to Korea with the task of trying to establish an agent network, a network in the so called maritime provinces. — George Blake

Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to; we cannot draw on our boots without bracing ourselves against it. — Henry David Thoreau

Breathe, Believe and Bounce Back — Julie Clinton