Radiole Quotes & Sayings

When the [colonial] contact was violent, in fact, failure was more frequent than success. 'Colonialism' may have triumphed in the past: but today it is an obvious fiasco. And colonialism, typically, is the submergence of one civilisation by another. The conqured always submit to the stronger; but their submission is merely provisional when civilisations clash.
Long periods of enforced coexistence may include concessions or agreements and important, often fruitful, cultural exchange. But the process always has its limits. — Fernand Braudel

The world is a giant eye, staring back at the stars. When it tires, it closes its lids
just as I am doing now
and gives way to dreams, which is why the night is so much more mysterious than the day. — Sean Stewart

He hadn't left, and apparently, Seth was a cuddler. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Esther loses her virginity, hemorrhages during the process, and almost bleeds to death - like Catherine in A Farewell to Arms - and I do wonder why women are always hemorrhaging in American literature. — Matthew Quick

The longer we live, the more weight we carry in our hearts. — Ai Yazawa

The person that you feel yourself to be, according to the Sufis, is a false person, which has no true reality. — Idries Shah

He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him. — Henry James

In the time it takes you to understand a 14-year-old, he turns 15. — Robert Breault

Church attendance may be dipping, but God can survive the Internet age. After all, He knows a thing or two about resurrection. — Rachel Held Evans

Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning. That art is something which, though produced by human hands, is not wrought by hands alone, but wells up from a deeper source, from a man's soul. — Vincent Van Gogh

Beneath this warm flesh beats the heart of a compassionate man, one who's fought his whole life to fulfill his people's dream. Just because you feel the need to lean on someone, to accept someone else's strength for a little while doesn't make you weak. — Kylie Griffin

A man who wears a fragrant flower on his collar spreads a perfume wherever he goes. (141) — Prem Prakash

They sent me the script and I thought that there was something very appealing and funny about it. Also, I was familiar with Mike Myers' work in Saturday Night Live, but I did not know the extent to which he would make this creation. — Michael York

I would pay to watch Ginobili play. — Jeff Van Gundy