Porosidad Quotes & Sayings

History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse, or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster. — Douglas MacArthur

Don't be a scared, dickless boy all your life, letting people push you around, letting people bring up the fear in you. — Gillian Flynn

People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it. — Karin Slaughter

If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations. — Henry Rollins

How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard. — Philip Roth

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past? — Harold Pinter

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. — Gordon Ramsay

There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible. — Jack Vance

Someone picked up the sun and pinned it to the sky again, but every day it hangs a little lower than the day before. It's like a negligent parent who only knows one half of who you are. It never sees how its absence changes people. How different we are in the dark. — Tahereh Mafi

Faith was a power that arose from inside you, I thought, and doubt was exogenous, a speck in your eye. A black mote from the sad world of adults. — Karen Russell

I first tasted under Apollo's lips,
love and love sweetness,
I, Evadne;
my hair is made of crisp violets
or hyacinth which the wind combs back
across some rock shelf;
I, Evadne,
was made of the god of light.
His hair was crisp to my mouth,
as the flower of the crocus,
across my cheek,
cool as the silver-cress
on Erotos bank;
between my chin and throat,
his mouth slipped over and over.
Still between my arm and shoulder,
I feel the brush of his hair,
and my hands keep the gold they took,
as they wandered over and over,
that great arm-full of yellow flowers. — H.D.

He hugged her again, before she could put some distance between them. Then the most sneaky wolf in the den lowered his voice and whispered, But you've got an advantage, sweetheart. You're already in his head. And you know how to mess with it. — Nalini Singh

I get to be Peter Venkman," says Thomas. "Nobody gets to be anybody," I snap. "We are not ghostbusters. I've got the knife, and I kill the ghosts, and I can't be tripping over you the whole time. Besides, it's obvious that I would be Peter Venkman." I look sharply at Thomas. "You would be Egon. — Kendare Blake

After all, a man's life, when all is said and done, should serve some greater purpose than that of a hero in a cautionary tale. — Judd Trichter

I was doing what I love to do: play baseball. Not going to complain about that. — Willie McCovey