Xydakis Quotes & Sayings

Tune into the presence of miracles, and in an instant, life can be transformed into a dazzling experience, more wondrous and exciting than we could even imagine. — Deepak Chopra

The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save. — Lev Yashin

Her emotional layers had the depth of a full symphony.
All I wanted was the bathe in her harmony. — Brodi Ashton

When you can despise death, you have conquered all fears. — Publilius Syrus

We must all allow ourselves the fantasy of projection from time to time, a chance to clothe ourselves in the imaginary gowns and tails of what has never been and never will be. This gives some polish to our tarnished lives, and sometimes we may choose one dream over another, and in the choosing find some respite from ordinary sadness. After all, we, none of us, can ever untangle the knot of fictions that make up that wobbly thing we call a self. — Siri Hustvedt

PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. The wisdom of a million fools in the diction of a dullard. A fossil sentiment in artificial rock. A moral without the fable. All that is mortal of a departed truth. A demi-tasse of milk-and-mortality. The Pope's-nose of a featherless peacock. A jelly-fish withering on the shore of the sea of thought. The cackle surviving the egg. A desiccated epigram. — Ambrose Bierce

I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful. — Michael Cunningham

He holds up a finger to her to convey that he'll just be a minute. If I were him, I'd choose a different finger. — Katja Millay

I have always been the type of person to want to reach a goal no matter how far-fetched it was. — Rahki

The system shaves the dice on the side of those with money and power, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves anything that happens to him. — James Lee Burke