Bompiani Spine Quotes

#1. I simply wanted to state that during this little slice of history, this is what happened and these were the good sides of it, these were the more dangerous sides of it, and this was the result.

Roland Joffe

#2. Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.

Baron De Montesquieu

#3. Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

Cory Doctorow

#4. They'd poisoned me, dammit. Probably to trade my dead body to the barbarians for Wulfgar's safe return. Or maybe just for the fun of it.

Vivian Vande Velde

#5. I shall give you a little prophecy, Locke Lamora, as best as I have seen it.
'Three things you must take up and three things you must lose before you die: a key, a crown, a child.' Patience pushed her hood up over her head. 'You will die when a silver rain falls.

Scott Lynch

#6. I had friends who died in the 9/11 tragedy; some of my friends lost family members in the aftermath of Godhra.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

#7. Charity is very difficult to do right. Thinking through what people need: You can't start a charity without that. It's like starting a business without the product.

Manoj Bhargava

#8. Except heaven is a hope , and eden is a memory .

Craig Thompson

#9. That short, potential stir That each can make but once, That bustle so illustrious Tis almost consequence, Is the eclat of death.

Emily Dickinson

#10. A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

Richard Watson Gilder

#11. That's the way life goes sometimes.

Frank Black

#12. Everyone lies about sex, more or less, to themselves if not to others, to others if not to themselves, exaggerating its importance or minimizing its pull.

Daphne Merkin

#13. We all have what might be called a culturally modified brain, and as cultures evolve, they continually lead to new changes in the brain.

Norman Doidge