Yearlong Merriam Webster Quotes & Sayings

And now leave me in peace for a bit! I don't want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think!"
"Good Heavens!" said Pippin. "At breakfast? — J.R.R. Tolkien

My name is Lieutenant Meyer. I'll be your rescuer today. This rescue of your person is brought to you by the United States Navy and SEAL Team 8. we hope you have a nice rescue, and please feel free to fill out the questionnaire at the end of the trip. Tips are welcome. — Sophie Oak

Sometimes it takes just living your life a certain way to be able to open yourself to the rhythm of the cosmos. — John Frusciante

The first and foremost sign of new birth in anyone is that he knows God intuitively, for his spirit has been quickened. — Watchman Nee

That we have ignored the lessons of modern war poetry speaks volumes to the lack of concern for that which we do not endure. — David McDonald

Vietnam was the defining event for my generation. It spilled over into all facets of American life - into music, into the pulpits, in churches of our country. It spilled over into the city streets, police forces. And even if you were born late in the generation, Vietnam was still part of your childhood. — Tim O'Brien

To attempt, to brave, to persist, and persevere, to be faithful to one's self, to wrestle with destiny, to astound the catastrophe by the slight fear which is causes us, now to confront unjust power, again to insult intoxicated victory, to hold firm and withstand
such is the example which nations need and the light which electrifies them. — Victor Hugo

Granted that I must die, how shall I live? — Michael Novak

It's going to be okay, I told her, even though I was pretty sure we were all going to be skewered on L'Occhio silver daggers any minute now. — Rachel Hawkins

This and this and this. — Madeline Miller

I don't know about you, but I find the idea of a school at night time - imagining the silent classrooms in total darkness and the playgrounds left lonesome and bare - creepily peculiar. — Elizabeth Newton

I hope that you two young scholars may never lack superiors who are less intelligent than you; it is the best cure for pride. — Hermann Hesse

When I was in my twenties, it felt like I was riding wild horses, and I was hoping I didn't go over a cliff. — Chaka Khan

I'm sure it's one of the most frustrating aspects of human experience for all of us, that when we tell someone who's hurt us that they've hurt us, they tend to react with anger because they feel guilty, and we know we also get angry when we feel guilty. — Joshua Oppenheimer