Subert Norbi Quotes & Sayings

Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her, and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything: then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves: here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed: it was labelled "ORANGE MARMALADE," but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it. — Lewis Carroll

In the United States, everything is permitted, even encouraged: "Go for it, try it, do it," we are urged, no matter what the "it" might be. But, while everything might be permitted, practically nothing is forgiven. By contrast, in the Church much is not permitted: "If you love me, keep my commandments," Jesus says (Jn. 15:10). But, while much is not permitted, everything can be forgiven. Our culture pulls us towards vengeance; our faith towards mercy. — Francis George

If you kept moving, you never had to mourn what you were leaving behind. — Lisa Alther

Every day one has to earn the name of 'writer' over again, with much wrestling. — Sylvia Plath

Oh good lord, I'm in a three-way with a cello. — Edmond Manning

I once went through the dustbin outside David Bowie's house. — Matthew Bourne

And that was how the people of Miaudacas learned that a queen only stays in power for as long as her subjects are afraid of conflict. — Fredrik Backman

My parents would always trace the sign of the cross on our foreheads before they kissed us goodnight. — Vincent Nichols

Ou always have to choose between the path of needles and the path of pins. When a dress is torn, you know, you can just pin it up, or you can take the time to sew it together. That's what it means. The quick and easy way or the painful way that works. — Rosamund Hodge

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul. — William Shakespeare

To think is to forget a difference, to generalize, to abstract. — Guy Deutscher

Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it. — Harry Vardon