Misdelivered Mail Quotes & Sayings

I know there's life after the Olympics. — Eric Shanteau

If I added to their pride of America, I am happy. — Carl Sandburg

People who live at subsistence level want first things to be put first. They are not particularly interested in freedom of religion, freedom of the press, free enterprise as we understand it, or the secret ballot. Their needs are more basic: land, tools, fertilizers, something better than rags for their children, houses to replace their shacks, freedom from police oppression, medical attention, primary schools. — Mao Zedong

O dear Himalaya ... why are you so amazing, can I kiss your peak or can I just let your silence speak ... O dear Himalaya ... — Santosh Kalwar

Desire begins in a woman's mind. — Nikki Sex

The vigour of civilised societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth while. Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications. All strong interests easily become impersonal, the love of a good job well done. There is a sense of harmony about such an accomplishment, the Peace brought by something worth while. Such personal gratification arises from aim beyond personality. — Alfred North Whitehead

I just want to die knowing that I've made a difference in the world... or at least a difference to someone, no matter how small the difference. — Eloise Dyson

Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor. Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender. Turn your face away from the garish light of day, turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light, and listen to the music of the night ... Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams, purge your thoughts of the life you knew before. Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and live, as you never lived before! — Charles Hart

Even if I now saw you only once, I would long for you through worlds, worlds, worlds. — Izumi Shikibu

Smoking is unhealthy but not as unhealthy as being forbidden to smoke. — Marty Rubin

This ferry was taken over by the Yumas and operated for them by a man named Callaghan, but within days it was burned and Callaghan's headless body floated anonymously downriver, a vulture standing between the shoulderblades in clerical black, silent rider to the sea. — Cormac McCarthy

The biggest fatal flaw in most fictional portrayals of nanotech - what sends those books arcing across the room - is ignoring that the nanobots need energy to do ... anything. — Edward M. Lerner

What she wants most - what she truly yearns for - is what any of us want: to be seen. — Christina Baker Kline