Scouflaire Pipe Quotes & Sayings

Pyrrhus, when his friends congratulated to him his victory over the Romans under Fabricius, but with great slaughter of his own side, said to them, "Yes; but if we have such another victory, we are undone." — Francis Bacon

When a mother dies, a daughter's mourning never completely ends. — Hope Edelman

St. John of the Cross points out that the divine music can best be heard in solitude and silence. The sonorous music is not a physical sound that vibrates the eardrum but something transcending the senses. Physical solitude and silence remove the distracting noises that prevent us from hearing on deeper levels. — Charles Cumming

When you are writing a novel, you aren't making it up. The story is already there. You just have to find it. — Thomas Harris

It was exceedingly improbable that he would ever see the men again, but, as my father said, you never knew. Always worth approaching every man you met as if he might become your best friend in the world. — Jonathan Franzen

We find all kinds of species that have taken up a second chromosome or a third one from somewhere, adding thousands of new traits in a second to that species. So, people who think of evolution as just one gene changing at a time have missed much of biology. — Craig Venter

The depth of love is revealed in its departure. — Richard Paul Evans

Art, like dreams, helps our eyes to see what our hearts already know. — Rennie St. James

It's not the surprise that matters, it's how you react to it. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe