Periphrasis In Literature Quotes & Sayings

The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task. — Gautama Buddha

There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded. — Gautama Buddha

Kittredge had obviously misjudged her, but he had learned that was the way with most people. The story was never the story, and it surprised you, how much another person could carry. — Justin Cronin

the brain of a child learning a language can cope with a mind-boggling amount of linguistic complexity. — Guy Deutscher

No one really understands quantum mechanics. — Richard P. Feynman

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. — Charles De Gaulle

I already killed you once... And I bet you'll come back again and again... No matter how many times I slaughter you. Your tendency to come back from the brink of death has nothing to do with your healing factor. Your mutant power isn't regeneration. It's popularity. — Cullen Bunn

I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion. — Kenny G

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? — Alan Bennett

Beauty and desire to possess have driven men mad for centuries. — Hannah Rothschild

As the saying goes, it takes all kinds to make the world go around, though perhaps some shouldn't go quite so far around it as others. — Bill Bryson

I felt that way, lost, like a missing puzzle piece that forgot it was a part of the rest of the puzzle. — Rachel Van Dyken