Serralheria Quotes & Sayings

On a mountain above the clouds once lived a man who had been the gardener of the emperor of Japan. — Tan Twan Eng

The happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose, can have a government at all. — Frances Wright

Adults should not weep, I knew. They did not have mothers who would comfort them. — Neil Gaiman

If I was ever going to win Ironman, I was going to have to beat the man who rinsed his cottage cheese — Matt Fitzgerald

As a writer I have received my share of mixed reviews. Even so, as I read through stacks of vituperative letters, I got a strong sense for why the world does not automatically associate the word "grace" with evangelical Christians. Noxious — Philip Yancey

Landscape
Isn't it plain the sheets of moss, except that
they have no tongues, could lecture
all day if they wanted about
spiritual patience? Isn't it clear
the black oaks along the path are standing
as though they were the most fragile of flowers?
Every morning I walk like this around
the pond, thinking: if the doors of my heart
ever close, I am as good as dead.
Every morning, so far, I'm alive. And now
the crows break off from the rest of the darkness
and burst up into the sky - as though
all night they had thought of what they would like
their lives to be, and imagined
their strong, thick wings. — Mary Oliver

Poetry, the most intimate form of expression, gives us a deeper sense of reality than headlines and news stories ever could. — Naomi Shihab Nye

I thought a forest was made up entirely of trees, but now I know that the foundation lies below ground, in the fungi. — Derrick Jensen

Right, he can kill the dead. What happens when he realizes we're training him to kill the living? — Robert Kirkman

You're not to say or do anything sexual. You will also not swear or be rude to me."
"I often blurt things out before I think. It's not always intentional. — Marita A. Hansen

I want to be one who has to throw the big game. — Mark Mulder