Preguntandole Quotes & Sayings

During that year by the railroad embankment, at the time of my father's complete disaster, distance meant for us not only some faraway lyrical splendor but also the exceedingly utilitarian idea of running away, the deliverance from fear and hunger. — Danilo Kis

Virtue must be the only vigorous thing in our lives. Sin is large and stale. You can never finish easting it nor ever digest it. It has to be vomited. — Flannery O'Connor

I am ... only a small part of history and the legacy of mankind's fall from grace.
- Danny Rollings — James Fox

Once C. diff leaves the colon of the infected patient in a liquid stool, it usually converts to a spore that is like a seed that lies dormant in the hospital until it gets picked up by a suitable human host. Once swallowed, C. diff germinates (hatches) in the bowel and starts a new cycle of infection. — J. Thomas LaMont

[ ... ] the responsibility for their wellbeing and for the fundamental meaning they give to their own life must, in adulthood, be theirs. To accept the burden that someone 'can't live without you' is unrealistic. It infantilises that person and overburdens you. p.226 — Stephanie Dowrick

I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there. — Brad Pitt

To me, to live is to fight. It's about persevering. It's about testing yourself. It's about not becoming complacent. — Rashad Evans

The 1920s are the decade that signaled the arrival of a gift that still means a lot to us: Saturday. — Amity Shlaes

I learned the long way about love, tried every house on the block before I got it right. Now, finally, I love alone. — Ottessa Moshfegh

I am listening and I am listening because what I'm playing isn't something I'm thinking about, it's something I'm feeling all over. — Rachel Cohn

Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too. — Jimmy Hoffa

Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling, and Domine non sum dignus should be on the lips and in the hearts of those who receive it. — Oscar Wilde