Tarapadam Quotes & Sayings

He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself [ ... ]. — Kate Chopin

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee — Benjamin Franklin

The system you work in does not tell you who you get to be; you decide who you get to be. — Mindy Hall

If you're going to be a true Christian, I'll tell you one thing amongst others: it'll be a lonely life. It's a narrow way and it becomes narrower and narrower and narrower. — Leonard Ravenhill

I thought I would love you forever - and, a little, I may,
in the way I still move toward a crate, knees bent,
or reach for a man: as one might stretch
for the three or four fruit that lie in the sun at the top
of the tree; too ripe for any moment but this,
they open their skin at first touch, yielding sweetness,
sweetness and heat, and in me, each time since,
the answering yes. — Jane Hirshfield

It proves little, except that perhaps in America even a pig can aspire to immortality. — Stephen King

From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition. — John Harington

A new country seems to follow a pattern. First come the openers, strong and brave and rather childlike. They can take care of themselves in a wilderness, but they are naive and helpless against men, and perhaps that is why they went out in the first place. When the rough edges are worn off the new land, businessmen and lawyers come in to help with the development
to solve problems of ownership, usually by removing the temptations to themselves. And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living. And culture can be on any level, and is.
The Church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. — John Steinbeck

Any form of betrayal can be final. Dishonesty can be final. Selling out is final. But you are just talking now. Death is what is really final. — Ernest Hemingway,

Saying no is so heartbreaking. — Britney Spears

I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth, well-ordered lives and got up in the morning to walk proudly on the sidewalks of life, never dreaming the raggedy madness and riot of our actual lives, our actual night, the hell of it, the senseless emptiness. — Jack Kerouac

I want forever with you. — Maya Banks

I would run to close those last few feet between us - reckless as always - and I would be in his marble arms, finally safe. — Stephenie Meyer

Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be. — Ambrose Bierce

We must set aside our wishes and give heed to reality. Nobody can accept the truth while hiding from it. When a decision matters, we have to stare at the truth unflinchingly. Only then can we find peace in our choices. — Brandon Mull