Shvona Chung Quotes & Sayings

As the sun went down, I saw a solitary boatman disporting on the smooth lake. The falling dews seemed to strain and purify the air, and I was soothed with an infinite stillness. I got the world, as it were, by the nape of the neck, and held it under in the tide of its own events, till it was drowned, and then I let it go down stream like a dead dog. Vast hollow chambers of silence stretched away on every side, and my being expanded in proportion, and filled them. Then first could I appreciate sound, and find it musical. — Henry David Thoreau

Your children need your presence more than your presents. — Jesse Jackson

According to pop culture, women are either searching for a man, with a man, or getting over one. — Jessica Valenti

Who says only long tedious novels are good to read when all that can be summed up in one line — Priyansh Shah

The land of tears is so mysterious. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises — Gil Scott-Heron

For a little while when we were lovers I breathed the air from the high places where love comes from, and I can't no more come down. — Anzia Yezierska

Sustaining growth is the century's big challenge. — Martin Wolf

Cynicism is, ultimately, fear. Cynicism makes contact with your skin, and a thick black carapace begins to grow - like insect armor. This armor will protect your heart, from disappointment - but it leaves you almost unable to walk. You cannot dance in this armor. Cynicism keeps you pinned to the spot, in the same posture, forever. — Caitlin Moran

If you give to get something, you're not giving, you're trading. Your motives are second in importance only to your actions — Jose Silva Jr.

What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing our job as legislators and making sure we do not stick the entire bankruptcy community with these provisions that do not make any sense? — Russ Feingold