If only I could leave everything as it is, without moving a single star or a single cloud. Oh, if only I could! – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Our dream dashes itself against the great mystery like a wasp against a window pane. Less merciful than man, God never opens the window. – Jules Renard, Journal, 1906
I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost. – Terry Pratchett
Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. – Jennie Finch
We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we work and more dependent on our own resources. – Bo Bennett
We all know how the size of sums of money appears to vary in a remarkable way according as they are being paid in or paid out. – Julian Huxley, Essays of a Biologist, 1923
![[T]he departing world leaves behind... not an heir, but a pregnant](/quote/departing-world-leaves-behind-heir-pregnant.jpg "[T]he departing world leaves behind... not an heir, but a pregnant")
