Pillgwenlly Quotes & Sayings

Words strike the air and the mind, they act on the senses and on the soul. — Jan Potocki

Even those, who some time ago believed all the stories about God, that is who believed that divine power exists, have now come to be so ashamed of their own belief, hiding their ignorance, they are now struggling hard to prove those stories as scientifically true. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

I regard this conclusion as coming in the same sort of category, of historical probability so high as to be virtually certain, as the death of Augustus in AD 14 or the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70 — N. T. Wright

Every time you are not practicing someone else is. — Boris Becker

I would describe my style of songwriting as classic. I learned very early on and have stuck to the core principles of song structure regardless of which genre I'm writing in. — Wendy Starland

I used to live in Pillgwenlly, and there was this old Italian pizzeria that used to be there with a really amazing character who ran it. — Asif Kapadia

Suddenly, in the here and now, everything depended on the houbara bustard. — Charles McCarry

For me, I took the exact right path. The cranky, independent one. And I've never looked back on it with anything but joy. — Betty Fussell

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. — Francis Bacon

Technology has also had a big impact, especially on the bike. Now everything is tested aerodynamically, wind tunnels are used to optimize performance, and frames, wheels, water bottles are all tested. Even clothing, like my Castelli Stealth Top, is faster than skin. — Timothy O'Donnell

Patch reached for my hand and pushed my dad's ring off the tip of his finger and into my palm, curling my fingers around it. He kissed my knuckles. "I was going to give this back earlier, but it wasn't finished."
I opened my palm and held the ring up. The same heart was engraved on the underside, but now there were two names carved on either side of it: NORA and JEV.
I looked up. "Jev? That's your real name?"
"Nobody's called me that in a long time. — Becca Fitzpatrick

I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do. — Michael Pitt

I'm tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with to tell me where we's going to, coming from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world ... every day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head ... all the time. Can you understand? ... — Stephen King

Many readers know my work first through 'Housekeeping,' simply because it was my only novel for a pretty long time. — Marilynne Robinson

Sleep away the years, sleep away the pain, wake tomorrow - a girl again. — Hal Summers

Maybe it's time to stop creating God in our image and let Him create you in His. — Mark Batterson