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Being There Quotes (page 93)

There is a fragrance in the air, a certain passage of a song, an old photograph falling out from the pages of a book, the sound of somebody's voice in the hall that makes your heart leap and fills your eyes with tears. Who can say when or how it will be that something easters up out of the dimness to remind us of a time before we were born and after we will die? Frederick Buechner
Victor Hugo quote: "There is lucidity inspired by the nearness of the grave: to be..."
There is lucidity inspired by the nearness of the grave: to be close to death is to see clearly Victor Hugo
There is a thing called knowledge of the world, which people do not have until they are middle-aged. It is something which cannot be taught to younger people, because it is not logical and does not obey laws that are constant. It has no rules. T. H. White
Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "There are some things more important than physical survival...."
There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror. Laurell K. Hamilton
There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combination of these five give rise to more melodies that can ever be heard. Sun Tzu
Jane Austen quote: "There are very few who have heart enough to be really in love..."
There are very few who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement Jane Austen
There were opium-dens, where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new. Oscar Wilde
Knut Hamsun quote: "There was a rock in front of my hut, a tall, gray rock. By..."
There was a rock in front of my hut, a tall, gray rock. By its looks it seemed to be well-disposed toward me... Knut Hamsun
Kate DiCamillo quote: "There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better..."
There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup. Kate DiCamillo
Black Elk quote: "there can be no power in a square"
there can be no power in a square Black Elk
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. Jane Austen
There are indeed many wonders, and with regard to the stories people tell one another, it may be that such tales go beyond the true account and, embellished with iridescent lies, beguile them. Pindar
There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world. Nikolai Gogol
...there began to come to her a first dim realization of God's humility. Rejected by the proud in His own right by what humble means He chose to succor them; through the spirit of a child, a poor gypsy or an old man, by a song perhaps, or even it might be by the fall of a leaf or the scent of a flower. For His infinite and humble patience nothing was too small to advance His purpose of salvation and eternity was not too long for its accomplishment. Elizabeth Goudge
There were no mail-order catalogues in 1492. Marco Polo's journal was the wish book of Renaissance Europe. Then, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and landed in Sears' basement. Despite all the Indians on the escalator, Columbus' visit came to be known as a "discovery. Tom Robbins

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