Thewishcollector Quotes & Sayings

Memory is the basis of individual personality," Miguel de Unamuno writes, "just as tradition is the basis of the collective personality of a people. We live in memory and by memory, and our spiritual life is at bottom simply the effort of our memory to persist, to transform itself into hope, the effort of our past to transform itself into our future. — Christian Wiman

I fire very little because I try to be very careful when I select people. If you know how to select, you don't fire often. — Harry Triguboff

Crime and vice generally require darkness for prowling. They disappear when light plays upon them. — Mahatma Gandhi

Everyone thinks they have strict limits," she said, "until they cross them. — Jonathan Franzen

I need a dance partner." A familiar voice intruded on her thoughts. She turned to find Issah grinning at her. "I'm sure you can find better dance partners than I." "Perhaps. But you're who I desire to dance with." He held out his hand, — Jackie Castle

I don't know what I believe. — Anthony Hopkins

People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home. — Rolf Potts

Life is like a piano. White keys are happy moments and the black ones are sad moments. Both keys are played together to give us the sweet music called Life. — Suzy Kassem

Though I felt like a voyeur to some kind of disaster, my eyes were riveted to the scene ... — Pat Conroy