Rdemes Kun T V S Rolni Quotes & Sayings

Fame, that public destruction of one in process of becoming, into whose building-ground the mob breaks, displacing his stones. — Rainer Maria Rilke

group whose remarkably swift adaptation to slaveholding put them quickly into the front ranks of wealthy and powerful slaveholders. Scottish settlement took two distinct forms: Highlanders re-established their agricultural economy in the New World and built upon their experience as herdsmen to make their way into the slaveholding class. By contrast, the commercial activity of the Lowland Scots contributed incalculably to the expansion of slavery across the southern frontier before the Revolution. — James Oakes

Good old traditional audio-only phone conversations allowed you to presume that the person on the other end was paying complete attention to you while also permitting you not to have to pay anything even close to complete attention to her. — David Foster Wallace

Why do we struggle so much? Why do we demand so much of life, when the happiest moments are when nothing is happening at all? — Chris Beckett

Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination. — Brandon Sanderson