At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
Dignity
Quotations by Edward M. Forster
Quotes :
- Monette Hernandez – dignity of the Filipino "My pride as a Filipino has always been there, but it lay dormant. It sparked from time to time but it lay buried under the colonial persona that loved everything American. Who would have thought that a septuagenarian, a foul-mouthed Bisaya, a maong-corduroy loving small-time mayor will be the one to fire up that dormant nationalism and finally make me truly proud that I am…
- Yukio Mishima – dignity of life "We tend to suffer from the illusion that we are capable of dying for a belief or theory. ... that even in merciless death, a futile death that knows neither flower nor fruit has dignity as the death of a human being. If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death? No death may be…
- Jac Vanek – Inspiration is everything “You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner.You are a collective of every experience you have had in your…
- Christen Rodgers – fire "At times there will be fire; this we can't avoid. But its up to us to decide whether it will consume or purify." ~Christen Rodgers