Rgionscom Quotes & Sayings

Caves have carried strong symbolic resonance for as long as there has been sacred legend. It might be tempting to say that it began with Plato's "allegory of the cave" in The Republic, which explores the interplay between shadows and reality (or in contemporary terms, perhaps, between virtual and actual reality). — Lesley Hazleton

Warmly and impulsively he put his arms round her and covered her knees and hands with kisses. Then when she muttered something and shuddered with the thought of the past, he stroked her hair, and looking into her face, realised that this unhappy, sinful woman was the one creature near and dear to him, whom no one could replace. When he went out of the house and got into the carriage he wanted to return home alive. — Anton Chekhov

During the year I stood there I had time to think that the greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one. If he does, I will go back to the Munchkin maiden and marry her. — L. Frank Baum

It is always easiest to run with the herd; at times, it can take a deep reservoir of courage and conviction to stand apart from it. Yet distancing yourself from the crowd is an essential component of long-term investment success. — Seth Klarman

I felt truly happy for the first time in years. Such moments should be logged and noted. — William Boyd

Are we always to be wanting
what isn't:
the greenest grass
accord and principle
motherhood and career?
Yet our age lies to us
like an asp,
whispering. Both. — Barbara Crooker

Mason poked his head around the corner. "Dad and I are going to the store. Be back later."
Lucas sighed. They were probably going out to buy man tools. Or chips and beer. Or jock straps, he thought bitterly. — Madison Parker

True emancipation ... will have to do away with the absurd notion of the dualism of the sexes, or that man and woman represent two antagonistic worlds. — Emma Goldman

I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. — Georges Bernanos