Multigraph Quotes & Sayings

Dolor
I have known the inexorable sadness of pencils,
Neat in their boxes, dolor of pad and paper weight,
All the misery of manilla folders and mucilage,
Desolation in immaculate public places,
Lonely reception room, lavatory, switchboard,
The unalterable pathos of basin and pitcher,
Ritual of multigraph, paper-clip, comma,
Endless duplicaton of lives and objects.
And I have seen dust from the walls of institutions,
Finer than flour, alive, more dangerous than silica,
Sift, almost invisible, through long afternoons of tedium,
Dropping a fine film on nails and delicate eyebrows,
Glazing the pale hair, the duplicate gray standard faces. — Theodore Roethke

If every man possessed everything he wanted, and no one had the power to interfere with such possession; or if no man desired thatwhich could damage his fellow-man, justice would have no part to play in the universe. — Thomas Huxley

A lot of people don't know that my father is black. — Ryan Giggs

How can you see something that isn't there?" yawned the Humbug, who wasn't fully awake yet.
"Sometimes, it's much simpler than seeing things that are,"he said. "For instance, if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones."
"Then where is Reality?" barked Tock.
"Right here,"cried Alec, waving his arms. — Norton Juster

Sometimes you have to shatter to find strength. And sometimes you have to let someone in to help you put the pieces back together. — Nina Levine

The computer on the desk of the student in school knows no history. It is not like a book, worn at the edges by human hands. No little child has written a note in it, long ago. It will not be passed down to the children of the children who use it. Its "meaning" is that there is no enduring meaning. — Anthony M. Esolen

Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country. — Jane D. Hull

This is about Floridians saying what's most important to them and making sure that we create an agenda that we can drive and deliver back in Washington, D.C. So it's very exciting. — Katherine Harris

The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is. — Ornette Coleman

'A Child Called It' was a story about resilience, it was never about boo hoo hoo, it was about a kid that didn't quit. — Dave Pelzer

Dallas is a huge city. Great shopping, great restaurants, great museums. — Julie Gonzalo

What a mind that woman must have! he said with admiration. It was the hushed tone of a jeweller studying the largest and finest diamond he will ever see. — Frances Hardinge

The way the Americans behaved created among the South Vietnamese a lot of habits, a lot of bad habits I would say. — Bui Diem

Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great. — James C. Collins

Twenty steps in, she felt her soul grind to a halt. Go back.
She couldn't even argue. She doubled back and stared at Blake's form. Something was different. He wasn't there. No. She ran to him. Setting her ear to his chest and hushing her own panting, she waited. And waited. She put two fingers on his neck to feel for a beat. She watched for a breath. No beat. No breath. Nothing. — Debra Anastasia

The prospect of death in autumn, she said, was irrelevant next to its happy recognition of its participation in the life of the tree itself. — David Guterson