Skafiskafnjak Quotes & Sayings

There is nothing more alone than being in a car at night in the rain. I was in the car. And I was glad of it. Between one point on the map and another point on the map, there was the being alone in the car in the rain. They say you are not you except in terms of relation to other people. If there weren't any other people there wouldn't be any you because what you do which is what you are, only has meaning in relation to other people. That is a very comforting thought when you are in the car in the rain at night alone, for then you aren't you, and not being you or anything, you can really lie back and get some rest. It is a vacation from being you. There is only the flow of the motor under you foot spinning that frail thread of sound out of its metal guy like a spider, that filament, that nexus, which isn't really there, between the you which you have just left in one place and the you which you will be where you get to the other place. — Robert Penn Warren

Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs. — Abraham Maslow

I like taking a character at the most intense moments of their lives and exploring all that in full and then moving on. — Greg Iles

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works. — Roger L'Estrange

Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's. — William Gurnall

Those who learned to know death, rather than to fear and fight it, become our teachers about life. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I'm afraid of sudden death. I'd like to know I'm going to die. That's why death row wouldn't be so bad, although it's not pleasant. And cancer, inoperable, wouldn't be bad. That's not pleasant either. But to drop dead suddenly, it's hard on everybody else. My family, my relatives, my friends. It's just not a good way to go. I want to know I'm going to die. — Jack Kevorkian

every time she remembered something painful, she could lift it up with her hands in worship or prayer and God would take her brokenness like an offering. — Nancy Alcorn

Return to me, for my heart wants you only. Hurry home, hurry home, won't you please hurry home to my heart. — Dean Martin

By the time the seasons turned through four more reapings, he had been crowned king of Yudah. By the time I was counted a man, he had added the crown of the kingdom of Israel — Geraldine Brooks

I'm not saying I'm not a moody guy sometimes, but I think I have a pretty normal balance. — Matt Berninger

All beautiful distractions, ignites from you. — V.S. Atbay

Here is a fine field for talent. — Claudius Claudianus