Therwith Quotes & Sayings

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. — Frederic Bastiat

Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic. — Tullian Tchividjian

Our universe is ruled by random whim, inhabited by people who laugh at logic. — Jeff Lindsay

Mrs. Jo did not mean the measles, but that more serious malady called love, which is apt to ravage communities, spring and autumn, when winter gayety and summer idleness produce whole bouquets of engagements, and set young people to pairing off like the birds. — Louisa May Alcott

We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing ... — Plato

All serious travelers arrive at this doubting, why-bother juncture, stalling on the road, sometime or other. — Paul Theroux

All the tattoos I would get if I were the sort of person who had the nerve to get tattoos, which I am decidedly not. Instead, I'm the kind of person who has spent hours debating said theoretical tattoos, despite my crippling fears of both needles and long-term commitment. — Julie Buxbaum

When you have put all your faith in man and continue to be disappointed, don't you hope there is something out of there that is not of human element? — Natalie Cole

According to Montaigne, it was the oppressive notion that we had complete mental control over our bodies, and the horror of departing from this portrait of normality, that had left the man unable to perform sexually. — Alain De Botton

Then her ladyship, overwhelming in bronze bombazine, regally glided away. Cedric smiled — Stephanie Laurens

You have the courage and will to overcome your fear and do what's required. — Henry H. Neff

But, Lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee, It tickleth me aboute myn herte roote. Unto this day it dooth myn herte boote That I have had my world as in my tyme. But age, alias! that al wole envenyme, Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith. Lat go, farewel! the devel go therwith! The flour is goon, ther is namoore to telle; The bren, as I best kan, now most I selle. — Geoffrey Chaucer

The future, at once hopeful and fearsome, does not possess the ability to prophesy the final word. That future day will come, and when it does, Now and Not Yet will be waiting there with open arms, cheering me on. — Robin Zaruba

I know my head isn't screwed on straight. I want to leave, transfer, warp myself to another galaxy. I want to confess everything, hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else. There is a beast in my gut, I can hear it scraping away at the inside of my ribs. Even if I dump the memory, it will stay with me, staining me. My closest is a good thing, a quiet place that helps me hold these thoughts inside my head where no one can hear them. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Hey, hitting is hard-if you make good pitches that aren't elevated in the zone, you're going to have success. — Eli Manning