Old Shropshire Quotes & Sayings

Like Daniel she enteres the lions' den, but lacking Daniel's pure and unblemished soul, Ada is spiced with the flavors of vice that make for a tasty meal. Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness. — Barbara Kingsolver

Following the rules only takes you so far, sooner or later you have to forget them and play by your heart. — G.J. Walker-Smith

We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?"
"The world cannot be changed," said Gloria. "The world is what the world is and has forever been."
"No," said Leo Matienne softly, "I will not believe that. For here is Peter standing before us, asking us to make it something different. — Kate DiCamillo

I'm not your destiny, or the Devil either!' I said. 'Look at you! Came to kill evil with your bare hands, and now away you go with no more glory than a man sideswiped by a Greyhound bus! And that's all the glory you deserve!' I said. 'That's all that any man at war with pure evil deserves. — Kurt Vonnegut

If you want to understand poetry,
You have to go to its origin,
If you want to understand the poet,
You have to go to the Poet's home. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We should all love animals. — Karl Pilkington

Night was fading over the fields as if the rain had washed the darkness out of the hem of its garment. — Cornelia Funke