Merkines Quotes & Sayings

Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy , for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning , poverty forces us to practice . — Diogenes

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. — Cesar Chavez

Is life really that black-and-white, though? — Colleen Hoover

We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character. — Henry David Thoreau

Keep your eyes on him, you wretched vainglorious creature, — Naomi Novik

Even if you tell yourself "Today I'm going to drink coffee the wrong way ... from a dirty boot." Even that would be right, because you chose to drink coffee from that boot.
Because you can do nothing wrong. You are always right. Even when you say, "I'm such an idiot, I'm so wrong ... " you're right. You're right about being wrong. You're right even when you're an idiot.
No matter how stupid your idea, you're doomed to be right because it's yours. — Chuck Palahniuk

S is for SCARY! Fear is driven out by action! Bad habits are overcome by good habits. — Lucas Remmerswaal

LATE ONE NIGHT in early October 1913, William Yale lay in his tent in the mountains of Anatolia, struck by a sense of wonder at how quickly a life could change. Just three weeks earlier he had been living in — Scott Anderson

All the evils of France have been produced less by the perversity of the wicked and the violence of fools than by the hesitation of the weak, the compromises of conscience, and the tardiness of patriotism. Let every deputy, every Frenchman show what he feels, what he thinks, and we are saved! — Marquis De Lafayette

Before I can respond, Nash continues. "Or was I there, too?" He brushes his lips over mine. "Did you think of my lips when he kissed you?" Light as a feather, he runs his hand down the outside of my thigh and back up again, squeezing my hip. "Did you wish it was me touching you? Like I did the night I came to your room?"
I start to lean back and speak, but his lips take mine, quickly coaxing them apart. Sensation drowns out thought as I feel him breathe into my mouth. "Do you still want me? Because if you do, I'm all yours. — M. Leighton

Her face was her chaperone. — Rupert Hughes

Cheese steaks are the gastronomic icons of this ethnic city. — Bryan Q. Miller

Grief is an emotional rollercoaster.
You will have your ups and downs
and moments of terror
and brief moments of peace.
You can only go as fast
as the ride will take you.
Just remember:
It will end and you will be okay. — Kate McGahan

Opportunities present themselves only to the patient, man and beast, and only they take advantage of those opportunities. — Jiang Rong

Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate. — Steve Irwin