Veio Da Quotes & Sayings

If you cannot fashion your life as you would like,
endeavour to do this at least,
as much as you can: do not trivialize it
through too much contact with the world,
through too much activity and chatter.
Do not trivialize your life by parading it,
running around and displaying it
in the daily stupidity
of cliques and gatherings
until it becomes like a tiresome guest.
("As Much As You Can") — Constantine P. Cavafy

Are they saying that the trees are just as special as I am?"

"No, we're saying that was always between you and the trees. — P.B. Gookenschleim

Pretty much every time I try something different or do something in front of a live audience, I truly think they might throw peanuts at me. — Giada De Laurentiis

Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population. — Emanuel Celler

I'll catch any rose in my vase-shaped heart, then process it through my vascular system, until there's nothing left. — Will Advise

It is the pest of our profession that we seldom see the best side of human nature. — Walter Scott

Darwin says your mother's a whore. Simple as that. — Cacilda Jetha

Why had no one told me that my body would become a battlefield, a sacrifice, a test? Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers? But of course there is no way to tell this or to hear it. Until you are the woman on the bricks, you have no idea how death stands in the corner, ready to play his part. Until you are the woman on the bricks, you do not know the power that rises from other women-even strangers speaking an unknown tongue, invoking the names of unfamiliar goddesses. — Anita Diamant

Oh, dry the glistening tear that dues that marshal cheek
Thy loving childern here in them thy comfort seek
With sympathetic care their arms around the creep,
For oh they can not bear to see their father weep — W.S. Gilbert

-What's so funny?"
"-Sorry," David said, reddening again. "You just taste so sweet."
"-What do you mean, sweet?"
He licked his bottom lip one more time.
"-You taste like honey."
"-Honey?"
"-Yeah, I thought I was going nuts the day ... well, you know, that one day. But it was the same today. Your mouth is really sweet."
He paused for a second, then grinned.
"-Hot like honey-like nectar. That makes more sense."
"-Great. Now I'm going to have to explain that to everyone I kiss for the rest of my life unless it's you or another faerie."
She'd almost said Tamani's name. Her fingers flew to the ring around her neck.
David shrugged.
"-Then don't kiss anyone except me."
"-David ... "
"-I'm just offering up the obvious solution," he said, hands up in protest. — Aprilynne Pike

I loved you more than love allowed — Lang Leav

Hats are radical; only people that wear hats understand that. — Philip Treacy

I don't know how to describe it, but the more I stare at him, the more I see his grief wrapped around him like shackles he can never take off. — Jasmine Warga

Remember," she whispered, "it's only when the night is darkest that you can see the light of the stars. — Elizabeth Hunter