Metodievo Quotes & Sayings

Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair. — Oliver Goldsmith

A prince is also respected when he is either a true friend or a downright enemy, that to say, when, without any reservation, he declares himself in favour of one party against the other; which course will always be more advantageous than standing neutral; because if two of your powerful neighbours come to blows, they are of such a character that, if one of them conquers, you have either to fear him or not. In either case it will always be more advantageous for you to declare yourself and to make war strenuously; because, in the first case, if you do not declare yourself, you will invariably fall a prey to the conqueror, to the pleasure and satisfaction of him who has been conquered, and you will have no reasons to offer, nor anything to protect or to shelter you. Because he who conquers does not want doubtful friends who will not aid him in the time of trial; and he who loses will not harbour you because you did not willingly, sword in hand, court his fate. — Niccolo Machiavelli

There was something in her black eyes that was as insubstantial as light but at the same time slower and darker than water, slower than anything I had ever seen. It reminded me of one of those moments of sadness that sometimes come when you're waiting for an inconsequential thing, like an elevator or a stop on the subway, and feel a pause that is so still that it seals itself up around you, lifts away from the stream of time, and hangs suspended there. I felt drawn toward her, the way molecules in motion are drawn toward empty spaces. — Kirsten Bakis

Our bird of hope was being denied the altitude it sought, just free enough to fly dangerously close to the reality of the treetops. — Dan Groat

Door. She knocked and went in. Atticus was in bed reading. "Have a good time?" "I had a won-derful time," she said. "Atticus?" "Hm? — Harper Lee

Friends should be weighed, not told; who boasts to have won a multitude of friends has never had one. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I'm not a book snub nor a person snub.
All books, just as all people deserve a chance.
Some seem to weave into your life, while others may not be a perfect fit.
Some may only be brief encounters before you head in separate directions.
Others just grasp hold of you and become a permanent part of you.
No matter...They all deserve a chance — T.I. Lowe

For whatever crispness and animation my writing has I give some credit to the cartoonist manque. — John Updike

If it weren't for Julia Child, I might never have moved past brown rice and tofu. Worse, I might still be afraid of being less than perfect. — Julia Child