Tupmans Quotes & Sayings

War did not just level, it plowed the field, raising the muck and sinking the stubble. — Neal Stephenson

A basic language-literacy of Nature is falling from us. And what is being lost along with this literacy is something perhaps even more valuable: a kind of language-magic, the power that certain words possess to enchant our imaginative relations with Nature and landscape. — Robert Macfarlane

A millennial belief in a Holy God may have the effect of deepening the soul, but it is also obviously archaic, and modern influences would presently bring me up to date and reveal how antiquated my origins were. To turn away from those origins, however, has always seemed to me an utter impossibility. It would be a treason to my first consciousness to un-Jew myself. — Saul Bellow

despair, even when their practical fortunes were hopeful. How could they understand that the Romans could hope even when their fortunes were hopeless? — G.K. Chesterton

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story? — Jimmy Connors

I was only a bridesmaid for my sister, and it was very calm and small, so I didn't have any tragedy. — Melissa McCarthy

Painting is something that you need to do, if not every day, then certainly most days. It is almost like being a pianist: if you stop, you lose something. — John Berger

The doctor said the wound was superficial. The old cob didn't know what "superficial" meant, but it sounded serious. — E.B. White

Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice - godliness. — Charles R. Swindoll

What I've always loved about faeries is the way that they, unlike so many other supernatural creatures, are not human and have never been human. They have different customs and different taboos, and woe to anyone who breaks them. — Holly Black

This city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling. — Hernan Cortes