Quotes for All
However revolutionary it may be, the Internet still hasn’t altered the basic law of human communication: Being nice to your interlocutors is a good way to start any negotiations, particularly, when being hostile is an open invitation for a cyber-fight. Evgeny Morozov
That’s why we feel so disoriented, irritated even, when these touchstones from our past are altered. We don’t like it when our hometown changes, even in small ways. It’s unsettling. The playground! It used to be right here, I swear. Mess with our hometown, and you’re messing with our past, with who we are. Nobody … Read more
We as young men need just one of our peers to stand up and trust his God completely and without reserve. We need just one who will start climbing the rugged mountain cliffs in the direction of his King. We need just one to hear the call of the wild, to charge the fields of … Read more
An altered look about the hills; A Tyrian light the village fills; A wider sunrise in the dawn; A deeper twilight on the lawn; A print of a vermilion foot; A purple finger on the slope; A flippant fly upon the pane; A spider at his trade again; An added strut in chanticleer; A flower … Read more
I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after. Emily Bronte
I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind. Emily Bronte
Honest change? Honest? Has someone altered the definition of the word while my back was turned, or have you recently developed a sense of humor? Ellen Kushner
Anger requires energy, something I don’t dare waste on what cannot be altered. Ellen Hopkins
Or might the soul clone itself, create a perfect imitation of something yet to be defined? In this way, can a reflection be altered? Ellen Hopkins
There was a good deal to be said, Hilary decided, for middle age and infirmity. The years in which one demanded much of life were left behind, together with the bitterness of not getting what one wanted. One’s values, too, were altered. Gifts that once one took for granted, sunshine and birdsong, freedom from pain, … Read more