Svalbard Islands Quotes & Sayings

There is probably no greater idler than myself. And I would consider myself a lazy-bones if I did not write so many volumes, and if I did not admire my diligence once I begin writing. — Henryk Sienkiewicz

But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint from the any democratic processes, other than by the ordinary law of the land, should be allowed ... If you believe in democracy, you must believe in it unconditionally. If you believe that men should be free, then, they should have the right of free association, of free speech, of free publication. Then, no law should permit those democratic processes to be set at nought. — Lee Kuan Yew

(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.
-David Levithan (Every Day) — David Levithan

They used a doll when I fall through the ceiling. — Heather O'Rourke

There will always be bad times ... It's the getting back up again that counts." - Gallen in "Intrigues — Mercedes Lackey

Some poems are for holidays only. They are polished and sweet, but it is the sweetness of sugar, and not such as toil gives to sour bread. The breath with which the poet utters his verse must be that by which he lives. — Henry David Thoreau

He fancies himself as a collector. Really, he is a peasant. — Torquil MacLeod

The GOP should be the GSP: the Grand Solutions Party. It should be about solutions, not talking points. — Jeb Bush

I sincerely hope your Christmas ... may abound in the gaieties which the season generally brings ... — Jane Austen