Poets Touchstone Quotes & Sayings

They say people in your life are seasons and anything that happens is for a reason. — Kanye West

Every objet in the world promises satisfaction, but it never gives satisfaction -it only promises. — Krishnananda Saraswati

I write about characters that interest me. And I don't think of my books as being forms of entertainment. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Childhood is a slum and they love it. — Helen Dunmore

To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch. — Rob Woodall

There is always a lesson to be learned behind every achievement that creates the stability and strength to grow. — Euginia Herlihy

Of this last kind of comparisons is that quoted from the elder Cato, who, when asked what was the most profitable thing to be done on an estate, replied, "To feed cattle well." "What second best?" "To feed cattle moderately well." "What third best?" "To feed cattle, though but poorly." "What fourth best?" "To plough the land." And when he who had made these inquiries asked, "What is to be said of making profit by usury?" Cato replied, "What is to be said of making profit by murder? — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Even in this world of course it is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up. — C.S. Lewis

The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan. — Mohsen Makhmalbaf

When she saw the opportunity to flee, she would take it. She would bring the hounds of the empire howling down on this city. — Marie Rutkoski