Sinteticos Roman Quotes & Sayings

If in this wide world, teeming with abundant supplies for human want, to thousands of wretched creatures no choice is open, save between starvation and sin, may we not justly say that there is something utterly wrong in the system that permits such things to be? — Tennessee Celeste Claflin

Things that happen, however painful they are at the time, do not matter very much for long. Only how we behave to them matters. — Phyllis Bottome

You may cry out tears for misplacing your money, but you got to cry out blood if you have misplaced your dreams. Sadly, you may not even know the great deal of influence you loss when you misplace your dreams, so how will you cry for such a loss? — Israelmore Ayivor

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
- March 15, 1783 — George Washington

The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads. — Sivananda

He's a filler," Cammie says with more conviction than a suicide bomber.
"What does that mean?" I am studying the menu, contemplating an almond croissant.
"You know - stuff something into your heart quickly to stop it from cracking open ... from
bleeding out ... — Tarryn Fisher

And then, suddenly, something is over. — Louise Gluck

Man is like a star, they both need to emanate to be. — A.D. Smith

There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed. — Washington Irving

I want to try out for Playmate actually. I talked to one of the photographers about doing test shots. — Trishelle Cannatella

I just like being in a place where there are lots of people playing. You might get to spend a minute, or collaborate. — Steve Kimock

In our town - our town of shadows, our town of mystery - it seems our buildings have, without reason, begun to disappear completely. Still full of their loyal inhabitants, the buildings and the people all disintegrate soundlessly. The air has been hard to breathe, full of regret and the glassy voices of the unsurprised dead. Our commuters have begun carrying photographs of their loved ones with them to work. On the bus, we look at each other, pictures of our sad wives and doubtful children huddled close to our chests, quietly imagining the silent elaborations of our own deaths. We are disappointed coming home that evening because the many photos betray our cowardice: We live in a town that is disappearing, and worse, like the buildings, our hope is gone and we are no longer surprised by anything. — Joe Meno

Quote taken from Chapter 1
Bill hung up, grumbling to nobody in particular. Emily was about the only caller using the landline phone, and he regretted not getting rid of it. The Robinses were probably the lone holdouts on their city block to still have one. — Ed Lynskey

I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done. — Ernest Cline

No matter what happens, I'm loud, noisy, earthy and ready for much more living. — Elizabeth Taylor