And if the night runs over
And if the day won't last
And if your way should falter
Along this stony passIt's just a moment
This time will pass.Submitted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 14:28 — GabrielleWho Said It?:U2Source:Stuck In A Moment
Link to full quote: Quote #420 from Stuck In A Moment by U2.
You say when he hits you, you don't mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive.
Oh, is that what it is?Submitted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 14:28 — GabrielleWho Said It?:U2Source:Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Link to full quote: Quote #280 from Stay (Faraway, So Close!) by U2.
Where else? I belong to a lost generation and am comfortable only in the company of others who are lost and lonely.
Submitted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 20:33 — GabrielleWho Said It?:Umberto EcoSource:Foucault's Pendulum
Link to full quote: Quote #2354 from Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
Jurgis, without a word, lifts Ona in his arms, and strides out with her, and she sinks her head upon his shoulder with a moan. When he reaches home he is not sure whether she has fainted or is asleep, but when he has to hold her with one hand while he unlocks the door he sees that she has opened her eyes.
'You shall not go to Smith's today, little one,' he whispers, as he climbs the stairs; and she catches his arm in terror, gasping: 'No! No! I dare not! It will ruin us!'
But he answers her again: 'Leave it to me; leave it to me. I will earn more money--I will work harder.'
Submitted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 14:30 — GabrielleWho Said It?:Upton SinclairSource:The Jungle
Link to full quote: Quote #1836 from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
Submitted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 14:28 — GabrielleWho Said It?:Ursula K. Le GuinSource:The Lathe of Heaven
Link to full quote: Quote #86 from The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin.
It is not wonderful. It is an ugly world. Not like this one. Annarres is all dusty and dry hills. All meager, all dry. And the people aren't beautiful. They have big hands and feet, like me...But not big bellies. They get very dirty, and take baths together, nobody here does that. The towns are very small and dull, and they are dreary. No palaces. Life is dull, and hard work. You can't always have what you want, or even what you need, because there isn't enough. You Urrasti have enough. Enough air, enough rain, grass, oceans, food, music, buildings, factories, machines, books, clothes, history. You are rich, you own. We are poor, we lack. You have, we do not have. Everything is beautiful here. Only not the faces. On Annares, nothing is beautiful, nothing but the faces. The other faces, the men and women. We have nothing but that, nothing but each other. Here you see the jewels, there you see the eyes. And in the eyes you see the splendor, the splendor of the human spirit. Because our men and women are free--possessing nothing, they are free. And you, the possessors, are the possessed. You are all in jail. Each alone, solitary, with a heap of what he owns. You live in prison, die in prison. It is all I can see in your eyes--the wall, the wall!
Submitted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 14:30 — GabrielleWho Said It?:Ursula K. LeGuinSource:The Dispossessed
Link to full quote: Quote #1812 from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin.
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