Lyd's Archive (7/'15 to 6/'18) > Lyd's Archive (7/'15 to 6/'18)'s Quotes

“He is not a great man. None of us are great men. We are just caught in the wave of history.”
― Dave Malloy

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Are any of us non-believers in moments of despair?”
― Michelle Cooper

“Look beyond that light,' says my father. 'Look hard and you'll see people filing into the theater. You'll see ushers run up and down the aisles; people talk, programs rustle-you'll hear a murmur. When the lights start to dim, the murmur rises, and then, just a moment before the curtain goes up, the noise stops-everyone in the house holds their breath, everyone knows what is going to happen. This is the moment I've always loved most:the anticipation of magic, the expectation of illusion.”
― Elena Gorokhova, A Mountain of Crumbs

“A bunch of silly men chasing a ball" my mother says "give each one his own ball if they're so desperate to have one”
― Elena Gorokhova, A Mountain of Crumbs

“Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“I definitely believe in God. How can you look at anything and not be overwhelmed by the miraculousness of it?”
― Chris Martin (from Coldplay)

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis

“There is a love that binds us all
It's in our blood, it's who we are
and it's nested in the branches of this tree
and it's rooted in the Earth where we keep
all of our stories”
― Prairie Empire