Shosholoza Meyl Quotes & Sayings

Commentors to the Blog suggested Nick should take the Independent for every penny ... — Eddie Mair

Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps. — John Green

We are discovering today that several of the premises which are deeply ingrained in our way of life are simply untrue and become pathogenic when implemented with modern technology. — Gregory Bateson

Great minds have sought you--lacking someone else.
You have been second always. Tragical?
No. You preferred it to the usual thing — Ezra Pound

With the Wit, one is aware of all the life that surrounds one. It was not just the warmth of the mare nearby that I sensed. I knew the scintillant forms of the myriad insects that populated the grasses, and felt even the shadowy life force of the great oak that lifted its limbs between the moon and me. Just up the hillside, a rabbit crouched motionless in the summer grasses. I felt its indistinct presence, not as a piece of life located in a certain place, but as one sometimes hears a single voice's note within a market's roar. But above all, I felt a physical kinship with all that lived in the world. I had a right to be here. I was as much a part of this summer night as the insects or the water purling past my feet. I think that old magic draws much of its strength from that acknowledgment: that we are a part of that world, no more, but certainly no less than the rabbit."
p. 129 — Robin Hobb

Real-life duties eat valuable writing time. — Rayne Hall

When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion. — Carl Sagan

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here. — Kirsten Dunst

You need to be proactive, carve out time in your schedule, and take responsibility for being the healthiest person you can be - no one else is going to do it for you. — Mehmet Oz

The great thing about Ayurveda is that its treatments always yield side benefits, not side effects. — Shubhra Krishan

Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever. — Thomas Pynchon

The other two things are ... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better. — Ewan McGregor

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. — J.K. Rowling

What's done is done. You've got to move on. I don't want to say anything bad about the mother of my children. — Peter Andre

The secret of life is to have no fear. — Fela Kuti