Motlagh Behnaz Quotes & Sayings

See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. "It's mine. — Jennifer Egan

What are the comprehensible terrors of man compared with the interlinked terrors and wonders of God! — Herman Melville

Being an art form, verse cannot be "free" in the sense of having no limitations or guiding principle. — William Carlos Williams

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been. — Joe Torre

Math is the beautiful, rich, joyful, playful, surprising, frustrating, humbling and creative art that speaks to something transcendental. It is worthy of much exploration and examination because it is intrinsically beautiful, nothing more to say. Why play the violin? Because it is beautiful! Why engage in math? Because it too is beautiful! — James Tanton

I understood that faith could help people see beyond themselves, not into the abyss but into the street, into the mix, to offer what was best about themselves to others. — Piper Kerman

If this Punic war was carried on without any effusion of blood, it was owing much less to the moderation than to the weakness of the contending prelates. — Edward Gibbon

The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared to 2004, it's a completely different sport. They've changed so many things just with what [the referees] are calling, they've changed the timing of the [scoring] lights. You always have to be evolving as a fencer. The Olympics is interesting because it's such a small field compared to what we're used to. This world championships, I think we had a hundred and something [athletes]. The Olympics is going to be less than 32. — Mariel Zagunis

It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zigzagging to show us the true nature of life. — Virginia Woolf

Alas, is even Love too weak to unlock the heart and let it speak? Are even lovers powerless to reveal To one another what indeed they feel? — Matthew Arnold

EPIGRAPH "There was a very strange connection. One of those odd collisions that happen. We were a little alike; I was an unhealthy child that was kept at home. So there was an unsaid feeling between us that was wonderful, an utter naturalness. We'd sit for hours and not say a word, and then she'd say something, and I'd answer her. A reporter once asked her what we talked about. She said, 'Nothing foolish.'" - Andrew Wyeth — Christina Baker Kline

With you I feel real.
but then I worry about the me that lies beneath. — David Levithan

We are dependent on each other in so many ways that we can no longer live in isolated communities and ignore what is happening outside those communities. — Dalai Lama XIV