Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows.

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

To drink is a small matter. To be thirsty is everything.

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it.

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding.

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate.

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.

I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.

He is a man who kicks at cats, said Solembum, as if that summed up Tenga’s entire character.

Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you'll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise.

A good dancer changes the way dancing was thought after he left the floor.

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

Nothing unites people as sharing the same affliction.

I luv the book first step to forever by justin bieber

Ties of blood are not always ties of friendship; but friendship founded on merit, on esteem, and on mutual trust, becomes more vital and more tender when strengthened by the ties of blood.

I always keep my guard up with guys and I guess that can get in the way sometimes. I can make them go through hell.

Rock and menopause do not mix.

Running is not just a sport but a biological necessity.