Synden Madison Quotes & Sayings

181. Pharmakon means drug, but as Jacques Derrida and others have pointed out, the word in Greek famously refuses to designate whether poison or cure. It holds both in the bowl. In the dialogues Plato uses the word to refer to everything from an illness, its cause, its cure, a recipe, a charm, a substance, a spell, artificial color, and paint. — Maggie Nelson

The U.S.A. has become a nation of determined spectators, willing to watch someone else perform. — Sybil Leek

Babbling may be a weakness, but to my thinking mystery is a vice. — Anthony Trollope

What length will a mother go to on behalf of her child? How long is time? What is the depth of love? - — Michael J. Sullivan

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. — Jean De La Bruyere

Nonsense often is the essence of life. — Debasish Mridha

Nothing so demoralizes the forces of the soul as fear. Only as we realize the presence of the Lord does fear give place to faith. — Sarah Smiley

In the meantime, it's unfair of me to use my expectations as the standard for their behavior or hold it against them when they don't live up to my hopes. — Lysa TerKeurst

Pain prompts us to face who we are and where we are. What we do with that experience defines who we become. — John C. Maxwell

Griffin intruded on my romantic moment by doing what he did best. He opened his mouth. — S.C. Stephens