Pillows With Literary Quotes & Sayings

The true voyage of self-discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. - MARCEL PROUST — Kristin Hannah

Sometimes the right person tells the right story at the right moment, and through a combination of luck and design, a creative expression gains new force. — Lin-Manuel Miranda

As the late Edward W Said wrote after the attack on the World Trade Center, 'Western humanism is not enough: we need a universal humanism.' I agree with that. The question is how to get it, and my own view is that it can't be had unless we raise our demands on ourselves a long way beyond decorating our lives with enough cultivation to make the pursuit of ambition look civilized. — Clive James

Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business. — Martin Lewis Perl

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well. — Gary Sheffield

The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay taxes. But lately the government has been a distributor of special privileges, taking money from some and giving it to others. America is now about evenly split between those who pay income taxes and those who consume them. — John Stossel

All must respect those who respect themselves. — Benjamin Disraeli

The future of your organization depends on motivated human beings selflessly contributing unasked-for gifts of emotional labor. — Seth Godin

I fully understand some people don't believe it's possible for freedom and democracy to overcome this ideology of hatred. I understand that. I just happen to believe it is possible. And I believe it will happen. — George W. Bush

I hadn't understood at the time. If sinners were so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering? But now I knew why. Without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my past was my life. It wasn't like I didn't know where all this remembering got you, all that hunger for beauty and astonishing cruelty and ever-present loss. — Janet Fitch

No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain ... No scientific theory is sacrosanct ... — Karl Popper

There's nothing makes you admire people like seeing yourself in them. — Jean Plaidy

I salute every individual who honours the core values of peace and help in one way or another to make a difference. — Widad Akreyi