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Thing Quotes (page 257)

William Goldman quote: "There were some things you did, no matter what, and when a..."
There were some things you did, no matter what, and when a friend needed help, you helped them. William Goldman
I saw that this cataclysm must be an expiation for some barbarous crime of civilization, some terrible human lie. What the lie was, I had too little knowledge of history or science to know then. I know now it was our believing that we were fulfilling some end, serving some plan - that all would come out well in the end, because there was some great plan over all. Instead of the reality. There is no plan. All is hazard. And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves. John Fowles
Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth's foundations fled, Followed their mercenary calling. And took their wages and are dead. Their shoulders held the sky suspended; They stood, and earth's foundations stay; What God abandoned, these defended, And saved the sum of things for pay. A. E. Housman
We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war." - All Quiet On The Western Front, Ch. 5 Erich Maria Remarque
But I could tell thee of other things, Ingls, and do not doubt what thou simply cannot see nor cannot hear. Thou canst not hear what a dog hears. Nor canst thou smell what a dog smells. But already thou hast experienced a little of what can happen to man. Ernest Hemingway
Redeemed humanity is still young, it has hardly come to its full strength. But already there is joy enough in the little finger of a great saint such as yonder lady to waken all the dead things of the universe into life. C. S. Lewis
Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives. Terry Tempest Williams
Robert Bresson quote: "Bring together things that have not yet been brought together..."
Bring together things that have not yet been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so. Robert Bresson
The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation. Michelle Obama
William Wordsworth quote: "Sweet is the lore which nature brings, our meddeling..."
Sweet is the lore which nature brings, our meddeling interlectmis-shapes the beautious forms of things. we murder to dissect William Wordsworth
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times..."
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. Friedrich Nietzsche
What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that is what we have to sustain us in our endevors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift. Terry Brooks
Neil Gaiman quote: "Books smell and feel better. They have that wonderful..."
Books smell and feel better. They have that wonderful thingness of turning the pages. Neil Gaiman
Thorne Smith quote: "She reads a lot of books. Good things, books."
She reads a lot of books. Good things, books. Thorne Smith
I never knew words could be so confusing," Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog's ear."Only when you use a lot to say a little," answered Tock. Milo thought this was quite the wisest thing he'd heard all day. Norton Juster

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