"Why should a deserter take the trouble to light Rutupiae Beacon?” Aquila demanded, and his voice sounded rough in is own ears. “Maybe in farewell, maybe in defiance. Maybe to hold back the dark for one more night."

-- Rosemary Sutcliff

#Farewell Quotes #Dark Quotes #Night Quotes

“Let us shun self-analyzation, self-consciousness, morbidness, affectation, attitudinizing. Let us look ahead as little as possible, keeping our eyes on our brushes and on the world of beauty around us.”
“I think I got interested in singing without being too over-the-top. I was more calmly singing the words - which I thought had really come a long way. I thought they were worth singing clearly.”

Source : "The Walkmen". Interview With Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. November 25, 2008.
“The press still thinks [global warming] is controversial. So they find the 1% of the scientists and put them up as if they're 50% of the research results. You in the public would have no idea that this is basically a done deal and that we're on to other problems, because the journalists are trying to give it a 50/50 story. It's not a 50/50 story. It's not. Period.”
“Kids do say the darndest things”

Source : Art Linkletter, Mark Victor Hansen (2007). “How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life”, p.255, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I love driving; driving along the California coastline is the best drive in the world.”
“A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.”
“But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.”
“No viticultural region in America has demonstrated as much progress in quality and potential for greatness as... the Santa Barbara region, where the Burgundian varietals Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are planted in its cooler climates.”

You may also like:

Alan Garner
Novelist
Brian Jacques
Writer
Edward Eager
Dramatist
Geraldine McCaughrean
Novelist
Jamie Bell
Actor
Mary Renault
Writer
Monica Dickens
Writer
Rudyard Kipling
Writer
Tahar Rahim
Actor