Thoresby Estate Quotes & Sayings

A penniless, jobless old college friend who had been offered several loans from banks to buy a house he couldn't afford. That's — Michael Lewis

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it. — George Bernard Shaw

The data-processing system invented by the Sumerians is called 'writing'. — Yuval Noah Harari

Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that Dharma and nothing is therein at variance. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlighten' — Gautama Buddha

WRAP ME UP
I shiver.
He pulls away.
"Are you cold?" he asks.
"A little.
Plus ... you know."
"What?"
"Um ... your kisses?"
He laughs,
pulls me down
onto the blanket
and wraps his arms
and legs around me.
Perfect.
My kind of blanket. — Lisa Schroeder

I really believe we in the music industry can work together to find a way to bond technology with integrity and just really hope we can teach the younger generation the value of investment in music rather than the ephemeral consumption of it. — Taylor Swift

As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell. — Francis Beaumont

I like to stand out in the crowd. So anytime a designer offers up items that are a little attention grabbing or pushing the boundaries ever so slightly, I'm always game for that. — Brad Goreski

Reputation matters so much only because people so seldom think for themselves. — Alain De Botton

I have been connected with the Niels Bohr Institute since the completion of my university studies, first as a research fellow and, from 1956, as a professor of physics at the University of Copenhagen. After the death of my father in 1962, I followed him as director of the Institute until 1970. — Aage Bohr

There is no parent more vulnerable to the excesses of overparenting than an unhappy parent. One of the most important things we do for our children is to present them with a version of adult life that is appealing and worth striving for. — Madeline Levine

Fox squeezed past him, feeling his warmth like a home. — Cornelia Funke

Watch, how the sun
slowly rises
from behind my ear

new lines, new countries
spring up in my palms

my rough hair
become swaying silk

and all the leaves
in my body
become lusher than fruits. — Sanober Khan

Food culture in the United States has long been cast as the property of a privileged class. It is nothing of the kind. Culture is the property of a species. — Barbara Kingsolver