#lit

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#cathedral #define #essential #him #man

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#mercy #nobility #sweet #true

Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist. ↗

— George Saintsbury

#had #infinite #miss #novelist #ordinary

One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature at any rate, of prose fiction, and the comparative absence, in the two great classical languages, of what we call by that name. ↗

— George Saintsbury

#any #best #call #classical #comparative

The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign. ↗

— Pat Sajak

#campaign #certainly #creating #democrats #developing

I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#fragile #i #like #little #look

What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else - when you want to be another person. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#balance #bit #else #feel #feels

Growing up in a very rural and remote area in Colorado's San Luis Valley - one of the poorest counties in the United States - essentially created the framework of values from which I operate. I stand up for the little guy. I fight discrimination at all levels. I fight for an inclusive America. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#area #colorado #counties #created #discrimination

Liability does apply with respect to the amount of the oil spill. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#apply #does #liability #oil #respect

Every time an adult is going to write something for a teenager and you don't have, physically, a person who is that, you are always going to be a little off. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#always #every #every time #going #little