Siebert Brandford Quotes & Sayings

What renders man an imaginative and moral being is that in society he gives new aims to his life which could not have existed in solitude : the aims of friendship , religion , science , and art . — George Santayana

She floats upon the river of his thoughts. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I have no earliest memories, Archivist. Every day of my life in Papa Song was as uniform as the fries we vended. — David Mitchell

You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let us learn to trust Him for who He is. — Elisabeth Elliot

If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do. — Jeffrey R. Holland

Myths are wonderful tools that we've had, oh, for eons now that help us navigate the situations we find ourselves in. — Jeff Bridges

You continue to stare at me for a few seconds, assessing my face, before
you lean even closer to me. Your lips graze against mine briefly ... Just
enough to reassure that you're not truly upset with me, but are nonetheless
quite prepared to have some fun at my expense, and punish me for my poor
communication skills. Then you take a step back, leaving me flat against
the wall, tensed and expectant. — Felicity Brandon

I was surprised to learn that there was yet another type of tired. On Seram we'd had physical tired. The type of tired when a thousand muscles are screaming at you to quit walking, sweat's running off you, and only the energy you manage to generate from gritting your teeth helps you take the next step. That type of tired can keep the emotional tired safely at bay-the tired when sadness is a physical weight, a thick smothering, aching thing. That was the dangerous type of tired we couldn't afford on Seram. That's the type of tired that makes you want to sit still and listen to despair. — Lisa McKay

I love '80s movies. — Josh Peck

It must have been a curse because it meant my heart didn't belong to myself. It belonged to someone other than myself. It belonged to him. — Zoe Pilger

We have hands that must work, brains that must think, and personalities that must be developed. — Jill Lepore

I learned how to do that from him, how to use a knife
gracefully like it's an extension of my limb.
I just use it differently. — J.M. Darhower