Rumrill London Quotes & Sayings

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers. — Lucretius

Do you ever go back?"
Ruthann nods, "When I need to remember where I came from, or where I'm headed. — Jodi Picoult

I mean, why? Why did I go on believing? Did it make sense? Why did I go on thinking, even when [he] slammed me around, that if you are good enough, patient enough, for long enough, your reward will come? — Meg Rosoff

To seek, beneath the universal strife, the hidden harmony of things. — Will Durant

Death hangs over thee, While thou still live, while thou may, do good. — Marcus Aurelius

There is a nonsense about intelligent women not being beautiful. — Margaret Thatcher

Literature and the arts are also criticism in a more particular and practical sense. They embody an expository reflection on, a value judgement of, the inheritance and context to which they pertain. — George Steiner

Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us ... No longer is the quest for disarmament a sign of weakness, (nor) the destruction of arms a dream - it is a practical matter of life or death. The risks inherent in disarmament pale in comparison to the risks inherent in an unlimited arms race. — John F. Kennedy