Thothegyptian Quotes & Sayings

Better is it', she thought, 'to be clothed with poverty and ignorance, which are the dark garments of the female sex; better be quit of martial ambition, the love of power, and all the other manly desires if so one can more fully enjoy the most exalted raptures known to the humane spirit, which are', she said aloud as her habit was when deeply moved, 'contemplation, solitude, love. — Virginia Woolf

If you can take advantage of a situation in some way, it's your duty as an American to do it. — John Swartzwelder

Which of my feelings are real? Which of the me's is me? The wild, impulsive, chaotic, energetic, and crazy one? Or the shy, withdrawn, desperate, suicidal, doomed, and tired one? Probably a bit of both, hopefully much that is neither. — Kay Redfield Jamison

It would be a very bad idea ... to exhibit even a small number of this new series, as the whole effect can only be achieved from an exhibition of the entire group. — Claude Monet

According to Augustine, the power of sin is such that it takes hold of our will, and as long as we are under its sway we cannot move our will to be rid of it. The most we can accomplish is to struggle between willing and not willing, which does little more than show the powerlessness of our will against itself. The sinner can will nothing but sin. Within that condition, there certainly are good and bad choices; but even the best choices still fall within the category of sin. — Justo L. Gonzalez

To leave the everpresent tension of Great Meadow was like shedding stiff, formal clothes or kicking off pinching shoes. — John McGahern

There have been a lot of stories written about me, some of them fantastically distorted. — Judy Garland

Have you done enough today to earn the right to live tomorrow? — Ignatia Broker

Sometimes things can take a very long time and still not be very good. It took us all of evolutionary history just to get where we are today, for instance, and mostly where we are today is on the couch. — Gina Barreca

Loneliness doesn't come from missing someone it comes from being disconnected with yourself. — Renae A. Sauter

The person who would become a lifelong reader should stumble upon very rich stuff first, early, and often. It lived within, a most agreeable kind of haunting. — Gregory Maguire

She hadn't wanted this and yet deep down inside, she knew that she did, and that was what scared her more than anything. — Julie Lessman

He was as happy as a pup on Christmas morning, as a maid on her wedding night, as a wolf before his bloody red supper. — Daniel Polansky

I'm going to stick by you, for better or for worse."

"It will most likely be worse, you know."

"Yeah, I figured. — E.J. Fisch