Quotes & Sayings About Opening A New Chapter In Life

The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel. — Elbert Hubbard

I am getting very old, and I began to wonder if I should ever live to see your chapters of our story. — J.R.R. Tolkien

On land I have too much time, I'm overwhelmed by a boredom that eventually paralyzes me. But this isn't really the main reason for my suicide. Even if I had another chance to go to sea, I know that for a long time I've been storing up something I can only define as a weariness with being alive, with having to choose between one thing and another, with listening to people around me talk about things that basically don't interest them, that they really know nothing about. The foolishness of our fellow humans knows no bounds, my dear Gaviero. If it didn't sound absurd, I'd say I'm leaving because I can't stand the noise the living make. — Alvaro Mutis

Socrates bit my neck, sending tingling bursts of fire down my spine. If a Master can't make you feel this way, turn him loose. You deserve better. — Red Phoenix

Also in 1492, and also for the first time, the 'new Constantinople - Moscow' may have been given its more familiar label of 'the Third Rome'. — Norman Davies

Anything that's worth having is worth fighting for. Love is a strange thing. It shows up when you least expect it and defies expectation. — H.M. Ward

Valten's hand tightened around Gisela arm, and he grunted in frustration. He brushed his finger over her cheek and whispered, "We will continue this conversation later." "Yes, my lord." The mischievous twinkle in her eye almost made him kiss her anyway, even though Rainhilda was staring at them from the Great Hall door. — Melanie Dickerson

I launched into a discourse on the gradual contraction of medieval oaths invoking the Virgin Mother Mary's menstrual blood and the seepage of Christ's wounds, astounded to find any use for my college study of medieval literature. — Hope Jahren

Just as a wave is a movement of the whole ocean, you are the energy of the cosmos. Don't underestimate your power. — Deepak Chopra

If only she could have e-mailed or texted him, that would have solved everything, but mobile phones and the Internet were still in the future. — Liane Moriarty

Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time. — Tom Peters

The balance is the penalty of being human: the danger of allowing yourself to feel. For this we walk a narrow path high above rocky ground. On one side we have the descent into animalism, on the other a godhead delusion. Both pulling at us, both tempting. But without these forces tugging at your psyche, stirring it into conflict, you can never love. They awaken us, you see, these warring sides, they arouse our passion. — Peter F. Hamilton