N Sbydalskolan Quotes & Sayings

From a proud tower in the town, Death looks gigantically down. — Edgar Allan Poe

being water
i am the voltage of rocks — Will Alexander

Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man. — Livy

I say that what one loves is best:
The midnight fastness of the heart. — Allen Tate

Months later, in a different world, Nechuma will look back on this evening, the last Passover when they were nearly all together, and wish with every cell in her body that she could relive it. She will remember the familiar smell of the gefilte, the chink of silver on porcelain, the taste of parsley, briny and bitter on her tongue. She will long for the touch of Felicia's baby-soft skin, the weight of Jakob's hand on hers beneath the table, the wine-induced warmth in the pit of her belly that begged her to believe that everything might actually turn out all right in the end. She will remember how happy Halina had looked at the piano after their meal, how they had danced together, how they all spoke of missing Addy, assuring each other that he'd be home soon. She will replay it all, over and over again, every beautiful moment of it, and savor it, like the last perfect klapsa pears of the season. — Georgia Hunter

Late at night, when she and Ferro had waited on the ridge or had ridden on horseback into the steep canyons to wait for a drop, she had watched the meteor showers. They would begin shortly after midnight and continue until two A. M. On those nights it seemed as if the sky had overtaken the earth and was closing over it, so that the volcanic rocks and soil themselves reflected light like the surface of the moon. At those moments she could not think of any other place on the earth that she would rather be. She thought about the old ones and Yoeme and how they watched the sky relentlessly, translating sudden bursts of light into lengthy messages concerning the future and the past. — Leslie Marmon Silko

The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem. — Yasser Arafat

Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience. — Dalai Lama XIV

One can only have the illusion of honesty when not knowing his own identity. In this sense, moral is an illusion. It manifests only on those that have transposed such illusion. — Robin Sacredfire

The gross size of our talent inventories is less important than the net use of our talents? — Neal A. Maxwell

Five nights ago the Voice had said, "You of all understand me. You of all understand power, the desire for power, what is at the heart of the desire for power." "Which is what?" Rhosh had asked the Voice. "Simple," the Voice had replied. "Those who desire power want to be immune to the power of others. — Anne Rice

Quitting smoking is rather a marathon than a sprint. It is not a one-time attempt, but a longer effort — Aristotle.