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Worldly Quotes (page 281)

Sara Teasdale quote: "I saw above a sea of hillsA solitary planet shine,And there..."
I saw above a sea of hillsA solitary planet shine,And there was no one, near or far,to keep the world from being mine. Sara Teasdale
Here the whole world (stars, water, air, And field, and forest, as they were. Reflected in a single mind)Like cast off clothes was left behind. In ashes, yet with hopes that she, Re-born from holy poverty, In lenten lands, hereafter may. Resume them on her Easter Day."(Epitaph for Joy Gresham) C. S. Lewis
That's the secret of how to enjoy writing and how to make yourself meet high standards," said Mrs. Berman. "You don't write for the whole world, and you don't write for ten people, or two. You write for just one person. Kurt Vonnegut
In every bit of honest writing in the world, there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. John Steinbeck
It's a dark, cool, quiet place. A basement in your soul. And that place can sometimes be dangerous to the human mind. I can open the door and enter that darkness, but I have to be very careful. I can find my story there. Then I bring that thing to the surface, into the real world. Haruki Murakami
Reynolds Price quote: "Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it..."
Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it craves, short of cruelty, and let the world wonder. Reynolds Price
There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't sit still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and rove the flood, And they climb the mountain's crest; Their's is the curse of the gypsy blood, And they don't know how to rest. Robert W. Service
Patricia Cornwell quote: "Do no harm & leave the world a better place than you found it."
Do no harm & leave the world a better place than you found it. Patricia Cornwell
Alfred Lord Tennyson quote: "Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world."
Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world. Alfred Lord Tennyson
That proves you are unusual,' returned the Scarecrow; 'and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed. L. Frank Baum
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the..."
I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
LoveEmbracing Tao, you become embraced. Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn. Clearing your vision, you become clear. Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial. Opening your heart, you become accepted. Accepting the World, you embrace Tao. Bearing and nurturing, Creating but not owning, Giving without demanding, Controlling without authority, This is love. Lao Tzu
Paul McCartney quote: "For you know that it's a fool who plays it cool, by making his..."
For you know that it's a fool who plays it cool, by making his world a little colder. Paul McCartney
Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision. V. S. Naipaul
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. C. S. Lewis

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