“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
“What's the big deal? I have really strong morals, and just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm a naughty girl. I'd do it again. I thought the pictures were fine. And I was tired of being compared to Debbie Gibson and all of this bubblegum pop all the time.” LooksMeanBigsGirlStrongDealsMoralFineStonesTiredSexyPopsRollingBig DealNaughtyRolling StonesNaughty Girl Author:Britney Spears
“I had a great deal of pressure to move to LA after Romancing the Stone came out and I'd become very popular. But people came to me anyway.” PeopleMovingDealsStonesPressureVery Popular Author:Kathleen Turner
“But this man had set down with a hammer and chisel and carved out a stone water trough to last ten thousand years. Why was that? What was it that he had faith in? It wasn't that nothin' would change. Which is what you might think, I suppose. He had to know better'n that. I've thought about it a good deal. . . And I have to say that the only thing I can think is that there was some sort of promise in his heart. And I don't have no intentions of carvin' a stone water trough. But I would like to be able to make that kind of promise. I think that's what I would like most of all.” ThinkingKnowsMenYearsHeartKindI CanMightAbleLastsWaterDealsPromiseThousandTenStonesIntentionThousand YearsHammersChiselsTrough Author:Cormac McCarthy
“I do not view suicide as wicked, just terribly sad. There is only one death, but it is like a stone cast into a pond - the ripples stretch far. Such an act must leave a burden of sorrow, guilt, shame and confusion on an entire family. A natural death, such as my father suffered, is hard enough to deal with. A decision to end one's life must be still more devastating for those left behind. I cannot imagine the degree of hopelessness someone must feel to contemplate such an act.” FeelsStillsEndsHardEnoughFatherLeftNaturalDecisionViewsDealsBehindsImagineSorrowDegreesStonesShameSuicideGuiltCastsBurdenConfusionWickedContemplatingHopelessnessLeft BehindPondsRippleNatural Death Author:Juliet Marillier
“Character is both formed and revealed by how one deals with everyday situations as well as extraordinary pressures and temptations. Like a well-made tower, character is built stone by stone, decision by decision.” WellsMadeCharacterDecisionDealsSituationBuiltStonesPressureExtraordinaryEverydayTemptationTowers Author:Michael Josephson
“A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: "I wish I could deal such changing blows on stony hearts." The workman answered: "Maybe you could, if you worked like me, upon your knees."” IfsHeartSaidWishPrayerDealsStonesBlowLike MeKneesPreacherHammersStatuesMarbleWorkmenCuttersChisels Author:Arthur Tappan Pierson