Sphinxes 5e Quotes & Sayings

A writing in the sand which all may read but few understand. - Philip Jose Farmer in 'Riders of the Purple Wage — Philip Jose Farmer

Aeschylus writes, In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grade of God. — Madeleine L'Engle

The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other side dance to the drums of the rose of joy. — Aberjhani

Surrender means, by definition, giving up attachment to results. When we surrender to God, we let go of our attachment to how things happen on the outside and we become more concerned with what happens on the inside. — Marianne Williamson

I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character. — Melvin Van Peebles

Somebody has to go polish the stars,
They're looking a little bit dull.
Somebody has to go polish the stars,
For the eagles and starlings and gulls
Have all been complaining they're tarnished and worn,
They say they want new ones we cannot afford.
So please get your rags
And your polishing jars,
Somebody has to go polish the stars. — Shel Silverstein

I saw a man climb a mountain with no feet or hands and barely a stump for each arm and leg. At once I realized there was no excuse at all for me not to scale my own mountains. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I don't mind your calling me a clog, if only we were fastened together."
"But I do mind you calling me a donkey," he replied. — Elizabeth Gaskell

I was a fluke in a classroom full of flukes on a planet overpopulated by flukes. — Jim Lynch

Will you talk to me — Kathy Reichs