Sebatstien Quotes & Sayings

Father Romain always made much of our being from the same place, just as Sebatstien did. Most people here did. It was a way of being joined to your old life through the presence of another person. At times you could sit for a whole evening with such individuals, just listening to their existence unfold, from the house where they were born to the hill where they wanted to be buried. It was their way of returning home, with you as a witness or as someone to bring them back to the present ... — Edwidge Danticat

Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving and identity. — Jonathan Safran Foer

You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't. — Jack Nicklaus

In the United States, securities markets are much more developed than they are in Europe. — Robert C. Solomon

If you are good for nothing else, you can still serve as a bad example. — Peter L. Berger

Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries. — Annie Lennox

Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own. — Chinua Achebe

Mimesis has longevity on its side. But Oasis wrote two of the greatest pop songs of all time, each with lyrics that mean less and less the more you think about them. So I'm going to have to go with the Gallagher brothers. — Matthew Zapruder

A bitter ending' said Yarvi.
'Many sweet stories have them', said Jaud. — Joe Abercrombie

The boy, not 'my son.' I didn't miss that edge. — Mark Lawrence

There is a river whose waters give
immortality; somewhere there must be
another river whose waters take it away. The
number of rivers is not infinite; an immortal
traveler wandering the world will someday have
drunk from them all. — Jorge Luis Borges