Romanach Arquitecto Quotes & Sayings

I will get a cat and a parrot and live alone in single blessedness. — Olive Higgins Prouty

To bargain freedom for security is the devil's bargain. Having made the bargain, one enjoys neither freedom nor security. — Gerry Spence

The word never shouldn't exist; that way we would be less inclined to make promises we can't keep. — Pablo De Santis

But what about the staring? They're always staring at me!"
"You are rather nice to look at. — Kiersten White

See how the World its Veterans rewards!
A Youth of Frolics, an old Age of Cards;
Fair to no purpose, artful to no end,
Young without Lovers, old without a Friend;
A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot;
Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot. — Alexander Pope

As I had to do whenever I glimpsed this river, I thought of Phineas. Not of the tree and pain, but of one of his favorite tricks, Phineas in exaltation, balancing on one foot on the prow of a canoe like a river god, his raised arms invoking the air to support him, face transfigured, body a complex set of balances and compensations, each muscle aligned in perfection with all the others to maintain this supreme fantasy of achievement, his skin glowing from immersions, his whole body hanging between river and sky as though he had transcended gravity and might by gently pushing upward with his foot glide a little way higher and remain suspended in space, encompassing all the glory of the summer and offering it to the sky. — John Knowles

Everyone just needs to get over themselves. — Jon Stewart

Nicole's intuition told her not to follow the fireflies, but she said nothing. — Arthur C. Clarke

If I knew what was going to happen in ten years I would do it now. I just follow my nose. — Stephen Hawking

Yes, my dolls were the beginning. Obviously there was a convulsive flavor to them because they reflected my anxiety and unhappiness. To an extent they represented an attempt to reject the horrors of adult life as it was in favor of a return to the wonder of childhood, but the eroticism was all-important, they became an erotic liberation for me. — Hans Bellmer

How long does it take for a broken spirit to kill a body that has food, water and shelter? — Yann Martel

He has, He reminds us, "graven thee upon the palms of my hands" (1 Nephi 21:16). Considering the incomprehensible cost of the Crucifixion, Christ is not going to turn His back on us now. — Jeffrey R. Holland

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives. — Richard Steele