Piercetheveil Quotes & Sayings

There must still be some last invisible unbroken strand connecting them, something deeper than mourning. The wound had healed but the scar wouldn't fade, not quite. — Lev Grossman

When stock prices are rising, it's called "momentum investing"; when they are falling, it's called "panic". — Paul Krugman

Ice and iron cannot be welded. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Death is like the sun. It infuses every part of our lives, but it doesn't make sense to stare at it. — Eric Greitens

But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think. — Gene Siskel

Even now, even as she faced a lifetime with him, she thought of her sisters. She was legions too good for him. — Sarah MacLean

Who is the student?
One who seeks to learn.
Who is the teacher?
One who seeks to learn more than others. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man. — Richard Leakey

Chasing a burning girl down a city street is a lot harder than it sounds. Civilians tend to stop and stare and this turns them into human bowling pins. Slow whiny bowling pins. — Richard Kadrey

If there be a human being who is freer than I, then I shall necessarily become his slave. If I am freer than any other, then he will become my slave. Therefore equality is an absolutely necessary condition of freedom. — Mikhail Bakunin

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements. — Agnes Repplier

Anyone who says you can't see a thought simply doesn't know art. — W. Ann Reynolds

I did not hear her go or come back, but I supposed she went. — Lizzie Andrew Borden

He took a deep breath. 'To marry me,' he said quietly. It was easier than he thought. Icarus did not fall from the sky; the ground did not open; the earth did not wobble on its trajectory. — Alexander McCall Smith

As you may have heard, the U.S. is putting together a constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? Think about it - it was written by very smart people, it's served us well for over two hundred years, and besides, we're not using it anymore. — Jay Leno