Sarpedon Iliad Quotes & Sayings

You struggle alone. But rejoice in success with many. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It was almost a relief, no longer having to be extraordinary. To give up on existential questioning and simply abide. — Robin Wasserman

"And" seems to me closest. "And" nods toward the real. And "and" is the path to perspective. To feel and see from more angles and know all of them true, even the incomprehensible ones, even the ones that contradict one another. — Jane Hirshfield

And it made me realize that we often find our people at an early age. The ones who encourage us, love us, and share our weird desire to play with sliced dill pickles in the cafeteria and sing commercial jingles. The years may change our faces, our bodies, and our lives, but there are connections we make early on that remain part of who we are forever. — Melanie Shankle

The more we pull together toward a new day, the less it matters what pushed us apart in the past. — Johnnetta B. Cole

If my wife finds comfort in trite Gispy homilies, I have no objection to your offering them. However, if you ever kiss her again, no matter how platonic the fashion, I'll make a eunuch of you. — Lisa Kleypas

Not many people bothered to look for beauty beyond the greenhouses. They went about life with their heads down, just praying to get through the day, to feed themselves and their family. No one ever did anything to make it better. — Erica Lindquist

Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked. — Kate Christensen

One who lives for himself chases after the wind;
at the end he will have nothing in his hands. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay. — Jackie Speier

When temptation comes your way, name that boastful, deceitful giant "Goliath!" and do with it as David did to the Philistine of Gath. — Gordon B. Hinckley

But when she saw Evie at the entrance of the restaurant, staring fiercely at nothing after the fashion of athletic women, her heart failed her anew. Miss Wilcox had changed perceptibly since her engagement. Her voice was gruffer, her manner more downright, and she was inclined to patronize the more foolish virgin. Margaret was silly enough to be pained at this. Depressed at her isolation, she saw not only houses and furniture, but the vessel of life slipping past her, with people like Evie and Mr. Cahill on board. — E. M. Forster

. . . distant as the death of grocery chickens. — Rodney Jones

Myths are stories that explain a natural phenomenon. Before humans found scientific explanations for such things as the moon and the sun and rainbows, they tried to understand them by telling stories. — Jane Yolen