“There are some things to die for but none to kill for.”
Shane Claiborne The Irresistible Revolution
The Irresistible Revolution (2006)
Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase
“There are some things to die for but none to kill for.”
Shane Claiborne The Irresistible Revolution
The Irresistible Revolution (2006)
Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
“Some things are forever, some things are not
It's the things we remember that gave the world shock”
Nas (1973) American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur
Can't Forget About You
On Albums, Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)
“I feel something for you, some dangerous thing, some volatile thing.”
Nora Roberts (1950) American romance writer
Source: Genuine Lies
“where some god pissed a rain of
reason to make things grow
only to die”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (2012)
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
Willa Cather book The Song of the Lark
Thea, in Part VI, Ch. 7
The Song of the Lark (1915)
Context: I keep my mind on it. That's the whole trick, in so far as stage experience goes; keeping right there every second. If I think of anything else for a flash, I'm gone, done for. But at the same time, one can take things in — with another part of your brain, maybe. It's different from what you get in study, more practical and conclusive. There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. You learn the delivery of a part only before an audience.