Shiraz Wines Quotes & Sayings

What do the botanists know? Our lives should go between the lichen and the bark. The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind. We are still being born, and have as yet but a dim vision of sea and land, sun, moon, and stars, and shall not see clearly till after nine days at least. — Henry David Thoreau

We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn't dropped anything. I was terrified of unwittingly leaving behind a scrap of paper on which were written all my private desires and humiliations. The fact that no such scrap of paper existed, that I did not even keep a diary or write letters except bland, earnest, falsely cheerful ones to my family (We lost to St. Francis in soccer, but I think we'll win our game this Saturday; we are working on self-portraits in art class, and the hardest part for me is the nose) never decreased my fear. — Curtis Sittenfeld

If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down. — Madeleine L'Engle

The map we made of the 3,000-year-old city of Tanis requires no imagination. It has buildings, streets, admin complexes, houses - clear as day. — Sarah Parcak

There's an old saying in swimming - "Don't drown." At least there should be. I may have just Michael Phelpsed myself, but it's all gold. — Jarod Kintz

There is nothing in the world like the extraordinary Shiraz and Grenache wines from South Australia. While the most sought-after are undeniably expensive (they're made in tiny quantities from ancient vines), they are huge, rich and concentrated, and represent some of planet Earth's most compelling wines. — Robert M. Parker Jr.

Putting one in mind, perpetually, of an untended icebox in which an uncured joint has spoiled. — Eleanor Catton

Good people were also capable of doing very bad things. — Elizabeth Chandler

Have you ever wanted to read a good book but just could not do it because you simply do not have the time? Now you will be able to read even a few chapters while you are cooking, working out, doing household chores or just lazing around with the help of Alexa. How do you — Marc Lumbell