Zamos Quotes & Sayings

What you told me was that the love of beauty is like a sickness, as all the devouring love inside a person. I stood there right in front of you and ate one of the crayons you had handed me. For when you love you do not care. — Charlotte Sorel

The things ... are esteemed as the greatest good of all ... can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good. — Baruch Spinoza

I lose myself in her: her scent, her touch, and the taste of her. I will never get enough. — Amy A. Bartol

I would rather die than do a play - 10 years in solitary instead. — Alan Arkin

O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth! — William Shakespeare

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it. — Steve Chabot

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations. — Robert Cormier

People today read less, take fewer museum trips, and attend fewer concerts. Is that because these activities aren't as fun? The decline ... can be traced, at least in part, to unconscious stimuli that make us live faster. — Frank Partnoy

Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life. — Jeff Bezos

Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience in a studio than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry. — Carl Theodor Dreyer

Lonely? I don't know. They tell me this is cold. I don't know what cold is, because I don't freeze. So I don't know what lonely means either. Bears are made to be solitary. — Philip Pullman

It seems so long ago that he was last afraid of anything. Seventeen, was he then? Eighteen? Sometimes he thinks he's missing a lot by being like this - fear gives life a fillip. He wonders how it is he lost it all, and what there is - if anything - ever to bring it back. ("Jane Brown's Body") — Cornell Woolrich

I Dream I am from a clash of Color, From an idea of love, modeled for others' perception. I see me as I am, but am hidden from others' views. I am who I am, but a living contradiction to my peers. I see life as a blessing, a gift granted to me. Why should my tint describe me? Why should my culture degrade me? Why should the ignorance of another conjure my presence? Too many times I've been disappointed by the looks, By the sneers and misconceptions of the people who don't get me, Who don't understand why it hurts. I dream of a place of glory and freedom, Of losing the weight of oppression on my back. I dream of the enlightenment of people, Of the opening of their eyes. I dream for acceptance, And for the blessing of feeling special just once. One moment of glory . . . for the true virtue in my life. For the glimmer of freedom, and a rise in real pride. — Glenn E. Singleton