Surita Basu Quotes & Sayings

In youth, he must guard against lust. When he is strong, he must guard against quarrelsomeness. And when he is old, against covetousness. — Darron Contryman

No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice — Pope Francis

I began as a journalist for my pocketbook and a poet for my soul. — Jane Yolen

Tiff needed the words on the page to become the voice in her head, her own voice, or an approximation of it, and she needed the paper and the sound of the scratch of her chapped fingertips against it as she fiddled with each page. — Timothy Schaffert

The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books. — Sherman Alexie

Oh stupid, silly, awkward me;
Will I never, ever see?
People babble, speak, and talk;
All I can do is stand and gawk! — Margo T. Rose