"For reasons he couldnâ€™t understand a sadness came over him and it was then he saw the girl standing on the other side of the dirt road, her eyes pools of absolute sorrow, her light brown hair glowing in the splinters of sunlight that forced their way through the trees."

-- Melina Marchetta

#Girl Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Eye Quotes

“Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.142, Delphi Classics
“For myself I make no secret, I look forward with eager desire to seeing the matchless beauty of Christ's body in the heavenly light.”

Source : Gerard Manley Hopkins (2004). “Hopkins: The Mystic Poets”, p.22, SkyLight Paths Publishing
“One of the questions that I often get is, 'Why are you running to be President?'. To Be President! What did I miss? I'm not running to go to Disneyland.”
“It's bad if we are controlled, but if we're not, it can be even worse.”
“The coward only threatens when he is safe.”
“This desire of knowledge and the wonder which it hopes to satisfy are the driving power behind all the changes that we, with careless, question-begging inference, call progress.”

Source : Nicholas Murray Butler (1911). “Philosophy”
“Night is not something to endure until dawn. It is an element, like wind or fire. Darkness is its own kingdom; it moves to its own laws, and many living things dwell in it.”

Source : Patricia A. McKillip (1979). “Riddle of Stars”
“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.”

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