Sanctae Romanae Quotes & Sayings

I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition ... . — F Scott Fitzgerald

Out of Dindymus heavily laden Her lions draw bound and unfed A mother, a mortal, a maiden, A queen over death and the dead. She is cold, and her habit is lowly, Her temple of branches and sods; Most fruitful and virginal, holy, A mother of gods. She hath wasted with fire thine high places, She hath hidden and marred and made sad The fair limbs of the Loves, the fair faces Of gods that were goodly and glad. She slays, and her hands are not bloody; She moves as a moon in the wane, White-robed, and thy raiment is ruddy, Our Lady of Pain. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from everyday life. — H.P. Lovecraft

I never play, because I am not rich enough to afford to lose or poor enough to want to win.
Maximilien Morrel, The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre Dumas

You know how on Christmas day, the day feels different, even if you're just sitting in your chair waiting for your girlfriend to put her face on and you haven't even started any of the festivities yet, the day still feels different. The electrons are fatter and pushier. — Bill Callahan

I think that any time anybody gets rid of oppression, intervention, exploitation, cruelty - that's positive. — Assata Shakur

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made. — Greg LeMond

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. — Thomas Paine

The only way to truly escape the mundane is for you to constantly be evolving. Whether you choose to aim high, or aim low. Enjoy each day for what it is. — Ryohgo Narita