Waterwords Quotes & Sayings

Tocqueville was correct in his rendition of how the Constitution was formed, but he likely never dreamed that an American president would ever send an invading army to kill some 300,000 of his own citizens in order to destroy the right of secession, a right that all of America's founding fathers held as sacrosanct and that was at the very heart of the American system of government. — Thomas J. DiLorenzo

As human beings we're living in a reality of industrial madness. — John Trudell

Age doesn't determine maturity. It's the depth of life that does, not its duration. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

What saved me was that I found gentle, loyal and hilarious companions, which is at the heart of meaning: maybe we don't find a lot of answers to life's tougher questions, but if we find a few true friends, that's even better. They help you see who you truly are, which is not always the loveliest possible version of yourself, but then comes the greatest miracle of all - they still love you. They keep you company as perhaps you become less of a whiny baby, if you accept their help. — Anne Lamott

Love's night and a lamp
Judged our vows:
That she would love me ever
And I should never leave her.
Love's night and you, lamp,
Witnessed the pact.
Today the vow runs:
"Oaths such as these, waterwords."
Tonight, lamp,
Witness her lying
- In other arms. — Meleager

Become. It was a verb that had always obsessed me...I wanted to become, even though I had never known what. And I had become, that was certain, but without an object, without a real passion, without a determined ambition. — Elena Ferrante

No woman has ever killed a man while he was washing dishes. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

God and Nature met in light. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Virtue became less the harsh and martial self-sacrifice of antiquity and more the modern willingness to get along with others for the sake of peace and prosperity. — Gordon S. Wood

To solve an interesting problem, start by finding a problem that is interesting to you. — Eric S. Raymond

Once she woke with untamed lover's face between her legs, now he's cooled and stifled and it's she who has to beg. — Pete Townshend

Is there a difference? Yes. We are in harmony with nature, but never at peace. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool. — Og Mandino

It was a very hard thing to have crushed the heart, and the hopes, of a friend. — Kristin Cashore

Called or not, God is always there. — Carl Jung