Ricasoli Brolio Quotes & Sayings

We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness. — Peter Wessel Zapffe

How can I stop worrying when I don't know if I'm going to turn out normal?" "I promise, you'll turn out normal." Are — Judy Blume

We must have life building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas. — Swami Vivekananda

Life ought to be lived on a basis of silence, where truth blossoms. — Dorothy Richardson

I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all. — Ben Shahn

If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you ... then, I guess the music is working. — A.R. Rahman

There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write? Dig into yourself for a deep answer. And if this answer rings out in assent, if you meet this solemn question with a strong, simple "I must," then build your life in accordance with this necessity; your while life, even into its humblest and most indifferent hour, must become a sign and witness to this impulse. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Love was indeed a big responsibility. One must use the word judiciously. One cannot love one day and take away love the next day. It is total caring. — Anuradha Bhattacharyya

What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but as constantly believed; that cheats us with the sound instead of the substance, and with the blossom instead of the fruit. Like Juno, she is a goddess in pursuit, but a cloud in possession. — Charles Caleb Colton

I will normally eat about seven or eight mince pies in one sitting. Sometimes, I can get to double figures. My friends, and probably most people, stop at two, so they probably dislike me a bit for it. — Tamsin Egerton

You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?"
"No, indeed!"
"You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged."
"My dear fellow! I congrat-"
"To Milverton's housemaid."
"My dear Holmes!"
"I wanted information, Watson. — Arthur Conan Doyle

A year ago, you wanted to give up because we were losing, and now, you want to give up because we're winning. — Ann Althouse

Forgiveness is about letting go of the past and not holding on to it — Oprah Winfrey

I like to set myself a new adventure challenge at least once or twice a year because I love that side of my life. I love getting fit and training for it. — Richard Branson

Nevertheless we cherish all books, especially the unread ones, for who knows what secrets they might yield one day?
- p.397, as by Larry Zagorski, in his short story "The City of the Sun — Jake Arnott