“There have been many times when I have been so entirely sickened of life it was very hard to work to keep on, a half dozen times I have been tempted to suicide, but I am glad I did not give way, for I have always felt that the last half of my life would somehow atone for the first half, and I still think it may ... It is not possible to live in this world without suffering unless one is a born stone. But it is also possible to have a great deal of happiness in spite of the suffering.” ThinkingWorldWayGivingFirstsMayHas BeensStillsHardLastsSufferingFeltBornDealsHalfThis WorldStonesSuicideGladSpiteDozenTempted Book:Letters of Katherine Anne Porter Source: Letters of Katherine Anne Porter
“How is the newcomer to deal with Rome? What is one to make of this marble rubble, this milk of wolves, this blood of Caesars, this sunrise of Renaissance, this baroquery of blown stone, this warm hive of Italians, this antipasto of civilization?” DealsBloodCivilizationStonesWarmRomeMilkSunriseMarbleRenaissanceHivesRubbleNewcomers Book:The feminine eye Source: The feminine eye
“My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.” MenFatherDealsStonesFarmsSheepQuarry Author:PJ Harvey
“For your popular rumour, unlike the rolling stone of the proverb, is one which gathers a deal of moss in its wanderings up and down.” FunnyDealsHumorousStonesWanderRollingUp And DownRolling StonesMossRumours Book:The Old Curiosity Shop: And Reprinted Pieces Source: The Old Curiosity Shop: And Reprinted Pieces
“In The Godfather, for instance, they say they won't deal drugs because they have a code of behaviour. He is the last remnants of that. So playing someone like that, who is also in pain with his kidney stone, means you're beginning to find a dimension of the guy who is king and all show and the private guy who is in pain.” MeanShowsPainLastsGuyDealsKingsDrugStonesInstanceCodeDimensionsBehaviourKidneysRemnantsPlaying SomeoneKidney Stones Author:David Suchet