Spikehorn Houghton Quotes & Sayings

Family matters, friends matter, love matters. Those you love and who love you matter. That's what writing does - it allows you to say all those things. — Richard Flanagan

We cannot remove the evils of capitalism without taking its source of power: ownership. — Neil Kinnock

To understand this phrase properly, we have to understand that the word wind is, in the Greek, the same word as spirit. What Jesus explained to Nicodemus here is that conversion is simple but also profound. Out of heaven will come a wind of the Spirit, and though you might not be able to tell where it came from or where it is going, you will know it when it hits you, and it will change you forever. — Ron Phillips

In a certain sense all men are historians. — Thomas Carlyle

Game or no, she would someday die, as all living beings did. But that wasn't the tragedy. Nor was there tragedy in being a pawn. All souls are, if not of eternal beings, then as pawns of their own bodies. The game, whatever shape it takes, lasts only as long as the body holds out. The tragedy, every time, is choosing something other than love. — Martha Brockenbrough

Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'etre. — Steven Chu

And Jacob came clothed in vile harsh attire, But to supplant, and with gainful intent; God clothed Himself in vile man's flesh, that so He might be weak enough to suffer woe. — John Donne

People love books because they're searching for answers to deep, unconscious questions - and books get as close as it's possible to get. — Carla H. Krueger