Spiteris Hardwood Quotes & Sayings

Gravelip, a young, slight footman with a pocked nose and large ears, obediently gave a smile like toothache. He seemed less than delighted to have outpaced his friends in the ugliness race. — Frances Hardinge

I think that once you've had a few No. 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself, and I don't feel the need to prove anything anymore. — Lady Gaga

Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever? — Sappho

The emotion of nonviolence was building in him until it became a prejudice like any other thought-stultifying prejudice. To inflict any hurt on anything for any purpose became inimical to him. He became obsessed with this emotion, for such it surely was, until it blotted out any possible thinking in its area. But never was there any hint of cowardice in Adam's army record. Indeed he was commended three times and then decorated for bravery. — John Steinbeck

I believe that the Last Emergency has not arrived without reason, nor are we now moving into the throes of it by accident. As the bearers of conscious self-awareness on this planet, we have failed miserably thus far in recognizing our inextricable oneness with the universe. Whether we can refine this innate capacity in time to prevent the annihilation of the Earth - a travesty in which we have consciously and unconsciously colluded, is unknown. Nevertheless, in the remaining days of our presence here, we can love the Earth and we can love all its sentient beings. — Carolyn Baker

Indeed, the failure of our political leaders to even attempt to ensure a safe future for us represents a crisis of legitimacy of almost unfathomable proportions. — Naomi Klein

(Oscar) Wilde is surely one of the most erotic writers who ever lived. — Tanith Lee

Playing in this nice weather really makes me remember all the times I got stung by a bee. — John Madden

That day was turning out to be longer than The Brothers Karamazov. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities that work with children. — Danielle Panabaker

We depend on each other to lift ourselves up. Suffering is craving is fear is delusion clinging to selfhood, clinging to objects, clinging to the trivia that we think makes us happy. Clinging to superficialities. Clinging to the covering that separates us from each other. Strip off all that delusion, and we take a step forward toward each other and a step toward enlightenment. — Michael S.A. Graziano

Every discord is a harmony not understood. Happiness is a disease, and pain, a medicine. — Narayanananda Swami.