Rosalia Quotes & Sayings

Fear of darkness reinforces darkness. Acceptance and kindness magnify brightness. — Doobie Shemer

Great breakthroughs are always followed by great catastrophes. — Rosalia De Castro

What's happening, Dad?" "Shut up and row! Get us away from it!" "Is it a monster, Dad?" "It's worse than a monster, son!" shouted Solid, as the oars bit into the water. The thing was quite high now, standing on some kind of tower ... "What is it, Dad! What is it?" "It's a damned weathercock! — Terry Pratchett

Rosalia is dressed in raven clothes forty years too old for her, so that she seems to be in mourning for her life ... — Penelope Gilliatt

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it. — Rosalia De Castro

Happiness, I do not know where to turn to discover you on earth, in the air or the sky; yet I know you exist and are no futile dream. — Rosalia De Castro

Although quantum mechanics has been around for nearly 70 years, it is still not generally understood or appreciated, even by those that use it to do calculations. — Stephen Hawking

Beauty was the promise of happiness, not happiness itself; and the anticipated world was often more rich than anything real. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them. — Freddie Mercury

A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty. — William C. Bryant

He's not a bold decision maker like Newt Gingrich is. Every time I talk to him, he says 'well let me think about it.' — Sheldon Adelson

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them. — Thomas Aquinas

It comes true because we're wise, dear. — Sara Wolf

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. — William Makepeace Thackeray

Ciaran broke the silence and spoke quietly. "She means naught to me."

A tear fell down her cheek and she wiped it away. "It doesnae matter--truly," she whispered.

He reached out and gently brushed her arms. When she closed her eyes to avoid his probing gaze, he raised her chin with his finger. "It matters to me," he said solemnly. He wiped her tears with his thumb. "I told her we were done when I returned to Glenorchy. She wasnae pleased. I didnae know she was there, Rosalia. She saw ye and Aisling and threw her body upon me."

She could not help but smirk. "Her verra bare body, my laird."

He paused for a moment, a spark of some identifiable emotion in his eyes. "I didnae notice, Rosalia. All I saw was ye. — Victoria Roberts

In their minds it is the mark of an ill-prepared and amateur army to rely in the moments before battle on what they call pseudoandreia, false courage, meaning the artificially inflated martial frenzy produced by a general's eleventh-hour harangue or some peak of bronze-banging bravado built to by shouting, shield-pounding and the like[ ... ] It made no difference. None was a match for the warriors of Lakedaemon, and all knew it. — Steven Pressfield

What humanity was about to lose, though, except for one tiny colony on Santa Rosalia, was what the trackless sea could never lose, so long as it was made of water, the ability to heal itself. — Kurt Vonnegut

Do you reckon Tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures? — Mark Twain

I asked the seasons how change feels and they said it hurts like hell. — M..

I'm nothing you can catch now. I am black powder, I am singe, I am the bomb that bursts the night. — A.M. Homes

All times are beautiful for those who maintain joy within them; but there is no happy or favorable time for those with disconsolate or orphaned souls. — Rosalia De Castro