“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, quote from A Knight of the Word
“We have thousands and thousands of people living homeless on the streets of our cities at the same time that we have men and women earning millions of dollars a year running companies that make products whose continued usage will ruin our health, our environment, and our values. The irony is incredible. It’s obscene.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from A Knight of the Word
“A building is a home if the people who inhabit it have memories and love and a place in the world. Otherwise, it is just a building, a shelter against the elements, and it can never be anything more.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from A Knight of the Word
“Things change. Life changes. Nothing stays the same.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from A Knight of the Word
“Everything changes with time’s passage. Only change itself is constant.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from A Knight of the Word
Terry Brooks
Born place: in Sterling, Illinois, The United States
Born date January 8, 1944
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“There is a lot of talking in human culture,” Venomous told the other male in a low aside. “They debate everything and need words to calm them. I wager there is much talking during this custom. Watch me as I make our mate happy with words.”
― Penelope Fletcher, quote from Venomous
“- Долавям миризма.
- Миризма ли? Сигурно е моята. Не виждаш ли смътните очертания на огромната ми сянка, щръкнала там горе в мрака? Погледни по-внимателно. Сигурно моята сянка ме е чакала да се прибера.
- Но миризмата е сладка.
- А-а, магнолията – възкликнах радостно.
Бях щастлив, че не е тежката миризма на застояло на моята самота. Магнолиевата пъпка е подобаващо посрещане за скъпата ми гостенка.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“The devil is not as black as he is painted.”
― Dante Alighieri, quote from Dante's Divine Comedy Set: Three-Volume Set
“Take a trip in my mind
see all that I've seen,
and you'd be called a
beast, not a human being...
Fuck it, cause there's
not much I can do,
there's no way out, my
screams have no voice no
matter how loud I shout...
I could be called a
low life, but life ain't
as low as me. I'm
in juvenile hall headed
for the penitentiary.
George Trevino, sixteen, "Who Am I?”
― Edward Humes, quote from No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
“That's the thing about distance: It either gives you time to move on form someone, or it makes you realize just how much you need them.”
― Estelle Maskame, quote from Did I Mention I Need You? (Did I Mention I Love You
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