Tarred Road Quotes & Sayings

Then kiss me, Claire," he whispered, "And know that you are more to me than life, and I have no regret. — Diana Gabaldon

Nothing that passes between us will ever be wrong. Come back to me. — J.R. Ward

It was a small of her back and her face that got so tired. Their (her retail employer's) mono was supposed to be, 'Keep on your toes and smile.' Once she was out of the store she had to frown a long time to get her face natural again. Even her ears were tired. — Carson McCullers

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing. — Alan Rickman

In De Rerum Natura, Lucretius pointed out a very central truth concerning the examined life. That is, that the man of science who concerns himself solely with science, who cannot enjoy and be enriched by art, is a misshapen man. An incomplete man. — William Styron

The thing is, though, every time I think I'm just gonna give up - that I can't possibly do it, that I'm just going to curl up alone somewhere and waste away, well, I always keep trying. I mean, for some reason I manage to make it through another day and then another day after that. — Nic Sheff

Prunesquallor, as urbane as ever, had nevertheless something in his fish-like eyes that might almost be described as determination. One glance at his sister was sufficient to make him realize that to attempt to reason with her would be about as fruitful as to try to christianize a vulture. — Mervyn Peake

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action. — Thucydides

Thousands of experts study overbought indicators, oversold indicators,
head-and-shoulder patterns, put-call ratios, the Fed's policy on money supply, foreign investment, the movement of the constellations through the heavens, and the moss on oak trees, and they can't predict markets with any useful consistency, any more than the gizzard squeezers could tell the Roman emperors when the Huns would attack. — Peter Lynch

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, and that craves wary walking. — William Shakespeare

Every bloom and bud mirrored the revival I felt in my soul — Rebekah Lyons

When someone places more value in saving money, than the value they place in saving Life, they have "misplaced" their values. — Donald L. Hicks

The occultist knows that this thought-atmosphere of a village, town, city, or nation is the composite thought of those dwelling in it or who have previously dwelt there. Strangers — William Walker Atkinson

Photography is space, light, texture, of course, but the really important element is time - that nanosecond when the image organizes itself on the ground glass. — Ezra Stoller

The car rolled slowly along the deserted corniche, headlights cleaving its way through Beirut by night. In gentle swerves to avoid potholes, the Mercedes waltzed along a straight road in a dance of death. Sick palm trees and parched grass divided the tarred road of civilization. The sea alone was testimony to God's beautiful creation. But in its belly, corpses, limbs, garbage, and ordnance mingled with a sea life on the verge of extinction. — Dana K. Haffar

Sometimes
the beauty of my people
is
so
thick and intricate.
i spend days
trying
to undo my eyes
so
i can sleep. — Nayyirah Waheed