Stoneground Restaurant Quotes & Sayings

When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations ... so I'm just trying to meet those. I'm not going to distract myself with other people's expectations. — Hannah Kent

Writers are idolized not because they love their fellow men, which is never a recommendation and in extreme instances leads to crucifixion, but because their self-love is in tune with current fears and desires, and in giving it expression they are speaking for an inarticulate multitude. — Hugh Kingsmill

Enlightenment is "being," and it grows; it's end is serenity. — William Gibson

They hadn't much faith in travel, nor a great belief in a change of scene as a panacea for spiritual ills; they were simply glad to be going. — Zelda Fitzgerald

Tree is a soldier, forest is an army! And let us wish that all the battles against this army is lost! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely thoroughly unpleasant, but she also didn't read. — Nicole Peeler

It's a lot harder to save people than you think it is. — Anna Quindlen

Suppose that we believe what we are taught ... destroying the environment and militarizing outer space are rational policies ... of institutional lunacy. — Noam Chomsky

The purr is very important. It's the purr that does it every time. It's the purr that makes up for the Things Under the Bed, the occasional pungency, the 4 a.m. yowl. Other creatures went in for big teeth, long legs or over-active brains, while cats just settled for a noise that tells the world they're feeling happy. — Terry Pratchett

My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen. — Neil Oliver

Contrary to what might be expected, I look back on experiences that at the time seemed especially desolating and painful with particular satisfaction. Indeed, I can say with complete truthfulness that everything I have learned in my seventy-five years in this world, everything that has truly enhanced and enlightened my existence, has been through affliction and not through happiness, whether pursued or attained — Malcolm Muggeridge