Reifying Define Quotes & Sayings

One day I'll be appreciated for what I do instead being held back for what I don't do. — Burnell Taylor

Mrs. Bonneville never buckled her seat belt, even though it was required by state law; an ardent libertarian, she opposed government meddling in all matters of personal choice. — Carl Hiaasen

So what we - all we really want, I think, from the so-called Democratic wing of the Democratic Party is really to stand up for what we believe in. — Howard Dean

I did nothing that I might not have done better. — Richard Baxter

A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes. — Dorothy Gilman

Only Yeong-hye, docile and naive, had been unable to deflect their father's temper or put up any form of resistance. Instead, she had merely absorbed all her suffering inside her, deep into the marrow of her bones. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, In-hye could see that the role that she had adopted back then of the hard-working, self-sacrificing eldest daughter had been a sign not of maturity but of cowardice. It had been a survival tactic. — Han Kang

Great tracts of reindeer moss, for example: tiny stars and florets and inklings of an ancient flora growing on exhausted land. Crisp underfoot in summer, the stuff is like a patch of the arctic fallen into the world in the wrong place. Everywhere, there are bony shoulders and blades of flint. On wet mornings you can pick up shards knocked from flint cores by Neolithic craftsmen, tiny flakes of stone glowing in thin coats of cold water. — Helen Macdonald

I cannot repeat an emotion. No one can, except sentimentalists. — Oscar Wilde