Portalupi Barbera Quotes & Sayings

[The] penalty of death was abolished in the Roman empire, a law of mercy most delightful to the humane theorist, but of which the practice, in a large and vicious community, is seldom consistent with the public safety. — Edward Gibbon

You can't heal hurt with hate. — K.L. Hawker

Dad. What a word. What a little big word. What a word and what a world! He is crying. His heart is too full, and no words to release it. I know what words do, he thinks. They let us feel less. "No, — Gabrielle Zevin

That's the way you judge a car, man, [good or bad], when you start it up. It's just the same thing. I mean, I drive a Ferrari - not to be cute, but because I dig it. I'd rather drive a ten-year-old Ferrari than one of them new things-they don't go. — Miles Davis

Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly. — Loretta Young

If the expansion of the space of the universe is uniform in all directions, an observer located in anyone of the galaxies will see all other galaxies running away from him at velocities proportional to their distances from the observer. — George Gamow

But what about the staring? They're always staring at me!"
"You are rather nice to look at. — Kiersten White

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts. — William Weld

Happy people have neither age nor memory, they have no need of the past. — Tahar Djaout

How daintily the butterfly
Flits to the spider's lace
Entranced by glimm'ring silver strings
Entwined with glist'ning grace.
How craftily the spider speaks
And whispers, 'All is well,'
Caresses it with poison'd feet
And sucks it to a shell — Heather Dixon

I write in a fantasy world so I can make up my own rules and can change facts when I want to. It's all about having control. — C.S. Woolley

Observing his lopsided grin, I asked, "What?"
"At this rate, you're going to be in possession of half my wardrobe before the weekends done."
His words brought a light flush of color to my cheeks.
Obviously deriving pleasure from my reaction, he added, "Don't worry, I'll let you know when I'm down to my underwear. — Marilyn Phillips

Fighting is not a man's thing, it is a human thing. — Ronda Rousey

The single most loving act we can do is share the good news of Jesus Christ, that God saves sinners. — Matt Chandler