#may

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#citizen #compromises #everybody #family #his

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#be happy #certain #change #constitute #departure

In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it. ↗

— Robert Gould Shaw

#comes #i #instrument #like #lord

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#democracy #eventually #like #many #may

Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism. ↗

— Sam Shepard

#away #being #being responsible #care #democracy

I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#believe #condition #countries #current #current situation

Though the body moves, the soul may stay behind. ↗

— Murasaki Shikibu

#body #may #moves #soul #stay

I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered. ↗

— M. Night Shyamalan

#could #happened #her #i #kissing

I felt old when I was young and I feel younger now. Maybe that's a trick of my mind, but I'm springier and lighter. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#felt #i #i feel #lighter #maybe

Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians who work that way. It felt very natural to me, but I think there's a way to do it without it being a jazz record. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#felt #freedom #how #i #i think