Stravaganza Book Quotes & Sayings

We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to. — Nikki Giovanni

Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies. — Robert Trout

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident. — Amy Chua

When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man? — Henry David Thoreau

As long as Luciano and Arianna were together, he felt that all was right with the world. — Mary Hoffman

Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart. — Jose N. Harris

The most prevalent way of working in photography right now is project oriented: you go after an idea. I like the old way, the intuitive approach. You follow your nose and take pictures and see what emerges. It happens after the fact. — Mark Klett

If we have not struggled/as hard as we can/at our strongest/how will we sense/the shape of our losses/or know what sustains/us longest or name/what change costs us,/saying how strange/it is that one sector/of the self can step in/for another in trouble,/how loss activates/a latent double, how/we can feed/as upon nectar/upon need? — Kay Ryan

You're home as long as you're with me, — K.A. Merikan

Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present. — Helen Dunmore

I'm obsessed with leather jackets! — Joanna Garcia

We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become 'self feeders.' We should have gotten people, taught people, how to read their bible between service, how to do the spiritual practices much more aggressively on their own. — Bill Hybels

Mathematical study and research are very suggestive of mountaineering. Whymper made several efforts before he climbed the Matterhorn in the 1860's and even then it cost the life of four of his party. Now, however, any tourist can be hauled up for a small cost, and perhaps does not appreciate the difficulty of the original ascent. So in mathematics, it may be found hard to realise the great initial difficulty of making a little step which now seems so natural and obvious, and it may not be surprising if such a step has been found and lost again. — Louis J. Mordell