What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind.
When the leopard is away, his cubs are eaten.
Don't trust the horses if they run away, or the whores if they repent.
Salt water and absence wash away love.
Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on foot.
When the cat's away the mouse sits on its throne.
And this all causes her to wonder at the disparity between the silk dresses and the natural postures of the body, and to think: How far, HOW FAR, we are willing to go to pretend we are not of the body at all.
Thus it had come about that she had read far more fiction, and far more poetry, those two sanctuaries of the lonely, than most of her kind.
It was almost better to be caught by the hungry, soulless vampires; the most they would probably do was drink your blood and leave you to die. Humans were capable of far, far worse.
a hero is just somebody who does the right thing when it would be far, far easier to do nothing.” -Cedric Diggory-
This is THE most romantic thing that has ever happened to me, and it involves both drugs and a toilet.
We have to believe that the desires we have in our hearts will be fulfilled if we continue to trust and believe in him and His Word.
God desires to have such a close and intimate relationship with Him, and He wants to be the first place you go to and be your place of peace and rest.
Binoculars see from far when near the eyes. Far from self, near the heart, in love. (Les jumelles voient de loin quand près des yeux. - Loin de soi, près du coeur ; amoureux.)
There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.
Our days are numbered in the book of days, Most High," Gorgon murmurs as the garden comes once more into view. "That is what gives them sweetness and purpose.
Two years hence you will be as calm as I am now, - and far, far happier, I trust, for you are a man and free to act as you please
Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.
I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.
I don't think that anyone can prepare for raising a child. I think it's one of those jobs that is far more overwhelming than you could ever expect and far more satisfying than you can ever expect.
If you’re so far down the totem pole that someone considers it a favor to you just to have you in their circle (no matter how far outside the ring you are), you should probably cut them out of yours.
