The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
You are the only person I can talk with about the shade of a cloud, about the song of a thought ... — Vladimir Nabokov
I read Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet, every day. — Mary Oliver
If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining, because I've heard it said thatevery mushroom cloud has a silver lining. — Adam Young Owl
He who has God finds he is lacking nothing. — Teresa Of Avila
My first kiss. One tiny, sweet, cosmic kiss. Like falling from a star, onto a cloud, and into a love song. — Tiffany FitzHenry
From imperfection's murkiest cloud,Darts always forth one ray of perfect light,
One flash of Heaven's glory."
-from "Song of the Universal — Walt Whitman
I have no doubt there are magician psychopaths, and magician serial killers. I doubt Brakebills admissions is very good at screening for those. — Lev Grossman
Have you ever seen the way a cloud loves a mountain?from Song of Solomon — Toni Morrison
Worrying is betting against yourself. — Terence McKenna
A gush of bird song, a patter of dewA cloud and a rainbow's warning;
Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue
An April day in the morning! — Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
Why will parents use that expression? What right have you to have a favorite child? — Fanny Fern
All people want to live dignified live; dignity just means something different to different people. — Fredrik Backman
