Nasitis Quotes & Sayings

It is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing ... — Galway Kinnell

Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the ones who had taken it away--become afraid, more protective of their endangered interests, more repressive. — Azar Nafisi

Unless your name is Jack Bauer, you cannot make people talk. — Trey Gowdy

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state. — William Scranton

He who loves fame considers another man's activity to be his own good; and he who loves pleasure, his own sensations; but he who has understanding, considers his own acts to be his own good. It — Marcus Aurelius

There is no hope for you but in Christ. Rest assured that all the mercy of God is concentrated in the Cross. I hear some talk about the uncovenanted mercies of God - there is no such things. The mercies of God are all emptied out into the Covenant. God has put all His grace into the Person of Christ and you shall have none elsewhere. Trust, then, in Christ - so you shall be blessed, but you shall be blessed nowhere else. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The body is a damn hard thing to kill. — Anne Sexton

Winners are the favourites of heaven. — Tom Holland

It's hard to tell what people realize. Everybody's different and has a different understanding of the difference in times. — Mia Wasikowska

This is th' abyss. Behold wherein I lurk
The lazar-house my mind, wherein do work
The horrid charnel-priests, whose loathly song
Sickens my soul, and quells the spirit strong. — Aleister Crowley

Stop, think and use your brain! Don't' rush through life. Take time to reflect as you define what success means to you. Always remember you are one of a kind! — Archibald Marwizi

Home. When it rains, you can smell the leaves in the forest and the sand. It's all so small and mild, the landscape surrounding the lake, so manageable. The leaves and the sand are so close, it's as if you might, if you wanted, pull them on over your head. And the lake always laps at the shore so gently, licking the hand you dip into it like a young dog, and the water is soft and shallow. — Jenny Erpenbeck