Sokhna Benga Quotes & Sayings

Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line. — Walter Scott

Perhaps I may record here my protest against the efforts, so often made, to shield children and young people from all that has to do with death and sorrow, to give them a good time at all hazards on the assumption that the ills of life will come soon enough. Young people themselves often resent this attitude on the part of their elders; they feel set aside and belittled as if they were denied the common human experiences. — Jane Addams

And he wrote the single most famous poem about the death camps, "Todesfuge" (Death Fugue). — Clive James

Breakups are tough," Isabella said. "But you got through it!" "I'm glad you're over him," Shannon said. "Now you need to go find another asshole to fuck with your head. — Jennifer Close

Love likes to extend itself. If you receive it in a book - or however you get it - then your duty is to extend it beyond. — Alice Walker

A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat. — Patricia T. O'Conner

Ornamental pattern work, to be raised above the contempt of reasonable men, must possess three qualities: beauty, imagination and order. — William Morris

One day there is life ... and then, suddenly, it happens there is death — Paul Auster

Wullie! Big Yan! Come quick!' she yelled. 'He willnae tak' a drink! I think he's deid! — Terry Pratchett

Is it easy to love God' asks an old author. 'It is easy,' he replies, 'to those who do it.' I have included two Graces under the word Charity. But God can give a third. He can awake in man, towards Himself, a supernatural Appreciative love. This is of all gifts the most to be desired. Here, not in our natural loves, nor even in ethics, lies the true centre of all human and angelic life. With this all things are possible. — C.S. Lewis