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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| f8341d6 | If the hardtack got moldy it was usually thrown away as inedible, but if it just got weevily it was issued anyway. Heating it at the fire would drive the weevils out; more impatient soldiers simply ate it in the dark and tried not to think about it. | Bruce Catton | ||
| 3af7482 | they put a special meaning on such a word as "patriotism"; it was not something you talked about very much, just a living force that you instinctively responded to." | Bruce Catton | ||
| 1fdbb61 | Be brave, be orderly, and if any man or woman stand in your way, blow them to hell with a chunk of cold lead." The sheriff then led the posse into town and the fun began." | Bruce Catton | ||
| 04b2f86 | Nobody was ready for it, and nobody could quite understand it now that it was happening. But somehow it was being determined that democracy henceforth, perhaps for some centuries to come, would operate through a new instrument. Sovereignty of the states was dying, North as well as South, and going with it was the ancient belief that the government which governs least is the government which governs best. | Bruce Catton | ||
| 1c172bb | If the essence of successful strategy is the ability to compel one's opponents to accept one's own appraisal of a situation, | Bruce Catton | ||
| 883b7ad | Out of Bull Run would come an effort so prodigious that simply to make it would change America forever. In the dust and smoke along the Warrenton Road an era had come to an end. | Bruce Catton | ||
| 22cbfbf | Kearny had probably seen more fighting than any man on the field. He had served in Mexico as a cavalry captain; had remarked, in youthful enthusiasm, that he would give an arm to lead a cavalry charge against the foe. He got his wish, at the exact price offered, a few days later, leading a wild gallop with flashing sabers and losing his left arm. He once told his servant: "Never lose an arm; it makes it too hard to put on a glove." | Bruce Catton | ||
| 287fd67 | but on account of the flag and prosperity and making the world safe for democracy, they were afraid to be with him, or to think much about him for fear they might believe him; for he said: While there is a lower class I am of it, while there is a criminal class I am of it, while there is a soul in prison I am not free. | John Dos Passos | ||
| 7136ad1 | Print so easily spins a web of the commonplace over the fine outlines of life. | John Dos Passos | ||
| 21f0ce8 | and the Sunday the bishop came you couldn't see Halley's Comet any more and you saw the others being confirmed and it lasted for hours because there were a lot of little girls being confirmed too and all you could hear was mumble mumble this thy child mumble mumble this thy child and you wondered if you'd be alive next time Halley's Comet came round | John Dos Passos | ||
| 1b2b777 | But you just watch, little girl. I'm goin' to show 'em. In five years they'll come crawlin' to me on their bellies. I don't know what it is, but I got a kind of feel for the big money. | stock-market stock-market-crash | John Dos Passos | |
| 16693db | Spain as a modern centralized nation is an illusion, a very unfortunate one; for the present atrophy, the desolating resultlessness of a century of revolution, may very well be due in large measure to the artificial imposition of centralized government on a land essentially centrifugal. | John Dos Passos | ||
| 31c67b3 | Weisst du, Jimmy, ich glaube, es wird ganz lustig sein, ein Weilchen in einer Redaktion zu sitzen." "Ich fande es schon sehr lustig, wenn ich _irgendwo_ sitzen durfte... Na ja, da bleibe ich eben zu Haus und passe auf das Baby auf." "Sei nicht so verbittert, Jimmy, es ist ja nur vorubergehend." "Das ganze Leben ist nur vorubergehend." (S. 250)" | John Dos Passos | ||
| 199b25f | If any man has a ghost Bourne has a ghost a tiny twisted unscared ghost in a black cloak hopping along the grimy old brick and brownstone streets still left in downtown New York, | John Dos Passos | ||
| 8b62e84 | between Don Quixote the mystic and Sancho Panza the sensualist there is no middle ground. | John Dos Passos | ||
| 285df87 | The twentieth century will be American. American thought will dominate it. American progress will give it color and direction. American deeds will make it illustrious. Civilization will never lose its hold on Shanghai. Civilization will never depart from Hongkong. The gates of Peking will never again be closed to the methods of modern man. The regeneration of the world, physical as well as moral, has begun, and revolutions never move backwa.. | John dos Passos | ||
| ec2be4b | How do I get to Broadway?...I want to get to the center of things. | John Dos Passos | ||
| 34ad971 | The terrible thing about having New York go stale on you is that there's nowhere else. It's the top of the world. All we can do is go round and round in a squirrel cage. | John Dos Passos | ||
| 0c4ef87 | Fear doesn't prevent death. It prevents life. Naguib Mahfouz. | Viola Shipman | ||
| fac26df | Perhaps boredom was an irrelevant concept for a life as monotonous as hers. | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 13a0c14 | How could the prisoner break his chains? I pictured a world, a righteous world, with no sin, no bonds, no social obligations; a world throbbing with creativity, innovation, and thought, nothing else; a world of dedicated solitude, without father, mother, wife, or child; a world where a man could travel lightly, immersed in art alone. | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 8a53f6e | wyqwl ly mr@ bSrH@ Slb@: -'hm shy' fy ldny 'n n`rf lHqyq@... wyGmGm bthq@ w's~ m`an: -lHqyq@ wl shy' Gyr lHqyq@... | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 8925835 | lm ybq~ mn trth lnjy lkhld l l'sm,. 'm l`hwd wl'f`l ft`ysh fy lkhyl m` l'sTyr wlm`jzt lmsrbl@ lHsrt | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 8d11e05 | l tql "'by", qtl 'khyh l 'b lh, l 'm lh, l 'kh lh" | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 6192ba3 | yu`zyny 'Hynan 'n 'r~ nfsy klmsyH 'Hml khTy 'm@ mn lkhTy'yn | ذنب خطيئة | Naguib Mahfouz | |
| 0adb1f9 | mndh dhlk l`hd lb`yd bd' tjrbh m` ldyn wljns ySly fy nHy@, wyndmj fy l`b@ l`rws wl`rys fy nHy@ 'khr~ w'mh tTmy'n l~ tdynh fl tshk fy `bthh wys'lh Sdq Sfwn: | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 5a85984 | l`n@ llh `l~ l`wTf , lkdhb@ wlSdq@ `l~ lsw!! | العاطفة | Naguib Mahfouz | |
| ae263e3 | wkm yGTy tlwthh blqw@ fhw yGTyh 'yD bl`td `l~ lfDy'l lyj`l mn mDyh q`d@ l stthn m`yb. | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 332b558 | wzlt qdmh 'w kdt, fshdt `Dlth bsr`@ ltHfZ twznh ftHrk r'sh Hrk@ nfr@ 'THt bTrf lkhmr`n wjhh fnTb` btmmh `l~ bSry Grsan Hsnh fy 'rkn wjdny, ftlqyt fy lHZ@in `br@ rsl@ Twyl@ mshHwn@ bkf@ lrmwz lty tqrr mSyr qlb. | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 95df602 | ql lshkh `bd rbh lty'h: nsssm@ Hb thb s`@ tkfr `n syy't ryH l`mr klh | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| d1546e5 | He was not accustomed to busying himself with introspection or self-analysis. In this way he was like most people who are rarely alone. His mind did not swing into action until some external force required it: a man or woman or some other element of his material life. He had surrendered himself to the busy current of his life, submerging himself totally in it. All he saw of himself was his reflection on the surface of the stream. | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| c06c81c | l ymkn 'n 'nbdh `qyd@ smy@ l lshy l 'n mn Hwly l yw'mnwn bh | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| ba1e3d6 | Take your fill, for you will not see again that which you are leaving. Every moment is the last. | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 1d89365 | Aprendi que: - o homem pode ser enganado pela ilusao e pensar que ela e verdade. Para diferenciar ilusao e verdade, temos de usar quantos sentidos e inteligencia Deus nos deu; - a unica salvacao para nos e quando estamos em terra firme; - nao se pode dormir quando a vigilia e necessaria; - enquanto ha vida, nao ha motivo para desespero; - a comida e alimento quando ingerida com moderacao, mas um perigo quando ingerida por gulodice, e isso .. | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| b44a52a | lw ns~ lmDy lbthj lHDr, wlknn snZl ntTl` l~ hdh lbyt l `z@ ln l bh wl t`s@ ln l bsbb mnh | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 9464a55 | sm`yl dhky lmWH, `shq ldyn km `shq Thr lsh`r ySlWy mthl Sdq, wSm fy sn lsb`@ wl ykf `n tSwr llh fy hyy'@ jlyl@ l Hdwd l`Zmth wys'l lmdrs Ht~ yDyq bh lmdrs wy'mrh bltslym wlT`@ | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 9af3662 | mkfH@ l'my@ 'hm mn mkfH@ lmbryly@ l`lmy@ | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 76e662d | Glbny lmwt". lm yad`anuh wlm yqSdh wlknh yjy km yHlw lh. zlw nh nqlb tysan lGb fy l'Gnm. 'w dhr@ mn rml lkhtf~ fy l'rD. m dmt l 'stTy` 'n 'rd lHy@ fl yjwz 'n 'd`y lqw@ 'bdan." | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| a7d2e3d | A man's thoughts and the ability to express them come from God, and if my words find favor, may it be to his honor. | god | Geraldine Brooks | |
| 65a3bae | Spiritual formation prepares us for a life in which we move away from our fears, compulsions, resentments, and sorrows, to serve with joy and courage in the world, even when this leads us to places we would rather not go. Spiritual formation helps us to see the face of God in the midst of a hardened world and in our own heart. This freedom helps us to use our skills and our very lives to make that face visible to all who live in bondage and.. | Henri J.M. Nouwen | ||
| e7f5618 | How does an artist learn enough about life to fill a thimble?" "Soli, I'm going to tell you. He needs to go rub his soul against life. ..." -- | barbara kingsolver | ||
| 53119dd | You from out of town?" he asked after a while, eying my car. "No," I said. "I go to Kentucky every year to get my license plate." I didn't like his looks." | Barbara Kingsolver | ||
| c78f8e3 | It was pretty clear there would be no stopping the Bullhorn, or someone like him. Here was the earthquake, the fire, flood, and melting permafrost, with everyone still grabbing for bricks to put in their pockets rather than walking out of the wreck and looking for light | Barbara Kingsolver | ||
| 51612fe | The human person cannot face up to a bad outcome, that's just the deal. | Barbara Kingsolver |