Tanrackin Quotes & Sayings

We are to remember what an umpire Nature is; what a greatness, composure of depth and tolerance there is in her. You take wheat to cast into the Earth's bosom; your wheat may be mixed with chaff, chopped straw, barn-sweepings, dust and all imaginable rubbish; no matter: you cast it into the kind just Earth; she grows the wheat, - the whole rubbish she silently absorbs, shrouds it in, says nothing of the rubbish. — Thomas Carlyle

I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out. — Michael Ondaatje

Virtue is reason which has become energy. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

In terms of distance, the prodigal's pigsty is the farthest point from home; in terms of time, the pigsty is the shortest distance to the father's house. — Os Guinness

First of all, it's a curse. Voodoo. As soon as a guy gets put on the cover of The Hockey News, it's like Sports Illustrated. He goes right into the tank. — Dean Lombardi

A man who writes a story is forced to put into it the best of his knowledge and the best of his feeling. The discipline of the written word punishes stupidity and dishonesty. A writer lives in awe of words for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. — John Steinbeck

LITTLE STAR BIG UNIVERSE

I love everyone-
And everything.

The ocean,
The sky,
The other planets,
The people here,
The people there.

I love to smile,
To run and play,
I love to work hard,
And create everyday.

I love to rest,
When the long day's through,
But most of all,
l love thinking of you. — Giorge Leedy

True strength is delicate. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together. — Cass McCombs

Love that wants only to get, to possess, is a monstrous thing — Ursula K. Le Guin

The lines on your face are your medals. You've earned them, so why shouldn't they be worn with honour? — Cherie Lunghi