#tempo

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates. ↗

— Frank Chodorov

#authority #come #end #hangs #least

Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built. ↗

— James Dobson

#built #casual #children #foundation #future

I never have that 'we were robbed' feeling when looking around now at where some of our contemporaries are. ↗

— Robert Forster

#contemporaries #feeling #i #looking #never

In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something. ↗

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

#contemporaries #lost #much #our #rationality

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#field #gospel #illusion #interest #leaders

When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues. ↗

— Little Richard

#blues #call #change #down #music

The way contemporary literature is emerging, soon we can expect "Item poetry" in novels. ↗

— Himmilicious

#literary-criticism #literature-quotes #literary-criticism

How do you know?” “Well, I don’t, I’m making this up, but I bet I’m right. ↗

— Robyn Carr

#cute #funny #humour #romance #romantic

I came here because it's pine-dark and the ocean is wild. The kind of quiet-noise you need when there's too much going on in your head. Like the water and the woods are doing all the feeling, and I can hang out, quiet as a headstone, in a between place. A blank I can bear. ↗

— Amy McNamara

#lovely-dark-and-deep #wren-wells #love

Why are you looking at me? His eyes search mine for several long seconds before he holds contact and whispers, " Because I like your face. ↗

— Mia Sheridan

#love