Sapphos Daughters Quotes & Sayings

Here, perhaps, is the only man in the world who, were you to leave him alone and without money on the square of some unknown city with a population of a million, would not perish, would not die of cold and hunger, for he would immediately be fed and immediately be taken care of, and if no one else took care of him, he would immediately take care of himself, and it would cost him no effort, and no humiliation, and he would be no burden to those who took care of him, perhaps, on the contrary, they would consider it a pleasure. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Men couldn't mope for too long, or they turned into horrible whiners. — K.F. Breene

I loathe the urchin's cruelty to the cat, but I will not loathe the urchin. I loathe Hitler's mass-torturing, but not Hitler; and the money-man's heartlessness, but not the man. I love the swallow's flight, and I love the swallow; the urchin's gleam of tenderness, and the urchin. — Olaf Stapledon

Oh, I should add, I'm not looting the city, but the people I heal often bring me gifts. I've got a statue of a dog made of gold with bright ruby eyes that dates back two thousand years. I've got the best television set that Arucu Corporation made last year. And I've got a piece of slightly used butcher paper with a crayon drawing of something that might be me or might be a spider, I'm not sure which, with the words "THAK YOU DRRON GRAGON" written on it. And various other treasures. — Bard Bloom

He was a king. This was the year he was going to die. — Maggie Stiefvater

How unlucky that you should have a reasonable answer to give, and that I should be so reasonable as to admit it! — Jane Austen

Just because a flower blooms late does not make it any less beautiful. — Tim Spiess

The ultimate joys are moral joys. — David Brooks

hand of a soldier on my arm but I did not turn — Chris Cleave

From the Rabbis of the early Talmudic age I learned that there is never a last word on God. There's, you always continue to question. Even God himself could be questioned and you can keep arguing with one another and there will be no end to this conversation about the divine because no human expression of God can be ultimate. — Karen Armstrong

Life's not going to slow down just because I can't tolerate the pace. "Does — Nicole Williams