Zostawcie Nas Quotes & Sayings

Nostalgia is a particular affliction of immigrant fiction, and it's led to a kind of sclerosis of the form. I hate nostalgia, and I feel it's good to be aware of the politics of these genres. — Neel Mukherjee

Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world. — Juvenal

Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable. — Baltasar Gracian

Slowly, slowly, with a drugged, fathomless calm, Henry bent and picked up a handful of dirt. He held it over the grave and let it trickle from his fingers. Then, with terrible composure, he stepped back and absently dragged the hand across his chest, smearing mud upon his lapel, his tie, the starched immaculate white of his shirt.
I stared at him. So did Julian, and Francis, and the twins, with a kind of shocked horror. He seemed not to realise he had done anything out of the ordinary. He stood there perfectly still, the wind ruffling his hair and the dull light glinting from the rims of his glasses. — Donna Tartt

Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera. — Kim Weston

Who's willing to face the unknown- the difficulties, the disappointments, the surprises of the unfamiliar. If you're going to change, you have to face those things, and who's able? Who has the skillful means, the knowhow, the perseverance, the help, the fortitude to keep going? — Surya Das

Thus the sun which possesses light perfectly, can shine by itself; whereas the moon which has the nature of light imperfectly, sheds only a borrowed light. — Thomas Aquinas

You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor. — Chris LeDoux

Close friends, or those in my pay, sometimes call me a literary polymath, while others say that I'm just a shallow dilettante, superficial and breezy, with a faux-naif style. — Michael Dirda

Today, you expand or you are expendable. — Les Brown

It must be hard to survive without anything at all. — Erika Tamar

Whether via social media or in person, building your relationships is a long-term process, and the ultimate goal is to strengthen your network one person at a time. — Raymond Arroyo

No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero.
- Poseidon — Rick Riordan

I liked to count my blessings in a world where they were so few, and he was one of mine. — Christina L. Barr

A place without meaning is no place to be. — Wayne Gerard Trotman