Rampersad Maikhoo Quotes & Sayings

Was Fergus Urvill anywhere, still? Apart from the body - whatever was left of him physically, down there in that dark, cold pressure - was there anything else? Was his personality intact somehow, somewhere?
I found that I couldn't believe that it was. Neither was dad's, neither was Rory's, nor Aunt Fiona's, nor Darren Watt's. There was no such continuation; it just didn't work that way, and there should even be a sort of relief in the comprehension that it didn't. We continue in our children, and in our works and in the memories of others; we continue in our dust and ash. To want more was not just childish, but cowardly, and somehow constipatory, too. Death was change; it led to new chances, new vacancies, new niches and opportunities; it was not all loss. — Iain Banks

Ars Poetica

I taught my words to love,
I showed them my heart
and would not give up until their syllables
did not start to beat.

I showed them trees
and what words wouldn't rustle
I hanged, without pity, from the branches.

In the end, words
needed to resemble both me
and the world.

Then
I came to me,
I braced myself between two banks
of a river,
to present a bridge,
a bridge between a bull's horn and grass,
between black stars of light and earth,
between the temple of a woman's head and a man's,
letting words travel over me
like racing cars, electric trains,
only so they could cross faster,
only so they would learn to transport the world,
from itself,
to itself. — Nichita Stanescu

The tribe often thinks the visionary has turned his back on them. When, in fact, the visionary has simply turned his face to the future. — Ray A. Davis

Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection ... — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

There are those to whom one must advise madness. — Joseph Joubert

You put your life on hold for me. And really, I get that. I appreciate that. But I'm not a baby anymore. Let go, Mom. — Jaci Burton

Like readily consorts with like. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests. — Paul Hoffman

For me, I'd rather be the inventive one, and if something doesn't work, I'll go back to the workshop, put it on the bench, and pound on it for awhile. — Janet Fitch

The invitation is not, "Give Me thine head." The invitation is, "My Son, give Me thine heart." — John G. Lake

Most people in life, give up too early. — John Mellencamp

Having balanced nutrition is also very important to keep my body in shape and healthy. — Cintia Dicker

To bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the United States would be cause for great danger ... It is recklessness cloaked in righteousness and would make the American people less safe ... The terrorists see just what they were hoping for: our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they see weakness and opportunity. — Dick Cheney