Zeytin Ada Quotes & Sayings

Well, I got to admit I still like a fight," Augustus said. "They sharpen the wits. The only other thing that does that is talking to women, which is usually more dangerous. — Larry McMurtry

I don't speak, I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own. — Frank Herbert

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war; and this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties. — Aristophanes

I want to lead an important life. I want to do it because I was born a human being. — Eiji Yoshikawa

I saw the sunset-colored sands,
The Nile like flowing fire between,
Where Rameses stares forth serene,
And Ammon's heavy temple stands.
I saw the rocks where long ago,
Above the sea that cries and breaks,
Swift Perseus with Medusa's snakes
Set free the maiden white like snow.
And many skies have covered me,
And many winds have blown me forth,
And I have loved the green, bright north,
And I have loved the cold, sweet sea.
But what to me are north and south,
And what the lure of many lands,
Since you have leaned to catch my hands
And lay a kiss upon my mouth. — Sara Teasdale

The ultimate intuitions and insights will only approach one who lives in his work and remains there, and whoever considers them from afar gains no power over them. — Rainer Maria Rilke

But if I die without trying again, I'm a coward. I don't mind having regrets about stuff I've done. It's the regrets about stuff I haven't done that bother me. — Poppy Z. Brite

Wisdom is a love affair with questions. Knowledge is a love affair with answers. — Julio Olalla

Either way, I'm sure I failed. He fidgeted with — Kiera Cass

I somehow always have this idea that as soon as I can get through this work that's piled up ahead of me, I'll really write a beautiful thing. But I never do. I always have the idea that someday, somehow, I'll be living a beautiful life. — Rose Wilder Lane