Ostate Quotes & Sayings

He saw that the inmost recesses of her soul, that had always hitherto lain open before him, were closed against him. — Leo Tolstoy

Men are ruled by toys. — Napoleon Bonaparte

From my chair i can see the street and it seems depressing — Brandon Scott Gorrell

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed. — Francis Bacon

I cannot, will not, withhold from my young readers the harsh realities of human hunger and suffering and loss, but neither will I neglect to plant that stubborn seed of hope that has enabled our race to outlast wars and famines and the destruction of death. — Katherine Paterson