Quotes by Peculiar Every man may be observed to have a certain strain of lamentation, some peculiar theme of complaint on which he dwells in his moments of dejection. Samuel Johnson peculiar may men It is very difficult to be a hero without an audience, although, in a sense, we are each the hero of a peculiar, half-ruined film called our life. Sebastian Barry peculiar half hero Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and powerful. Shane Claiborne powerful peculiar suffering Her smile was peculiar - it made her nose wrinkle, not as though she smelled something unpleasant, but more that she was so amused, her whole face wanted to be a part of the smile. Shannon Hale wrinkles peculiar faces The question for me is not are we political, but how are we political? We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage. Shane Claiborne political peculiar needs The monastic folks have the spirit of being in the world but not of the world, sort of peculiar people who have gone to the desert to live on the margins of the empire. Shane Claiborne desert peculiar people I am the Earl of Ravensmoor. And you are? (Sparhawk) Totally freaking out. (Taryn) Tis a most peculiar name, milady. Are you by chance Welsh? (Sparhawk) Sherrilyn Kenyon chance peculiar names The peculiar dignity of men seen eating alone in restaurants on national holidays Stanley Elkin holiday peculiar men No one supposed that dinoflagellates might actively kill fish as an evolved response for their own specific advantage, including a potential nutritional benefit for the algal cells. And yet the dinoflagellates do seem to be killing and eating fishes in a manner suggesting active evolution for this most peculiar reversal. Stephen Jay Gould benefits cells peculiar Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate. Stephen Tobolowsky hate peculiar facts Oh Lion in a peculiar guise, Sharp Roman road to Paradise, Come eat me up, I'll pay thy toll With all my flesh, and keep my soul. Stevie Smith tolls peculiar soul It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening. Sue Monk Kidd peculiar goes-on world It is the peculiar nature of the forest, that life and death may ever be found within its bounds, in immediate presence of each other; both with ceaseless, noiseless advances, aiming at the mastery; and if the influences of the first be most general, those of the last are the most striking. Susan Fenimore Cooper mastery life-and-death peculiar For a moment he could have sworn he smelled violets, which was very peculiar, since he had no idea what violets smelled like, except somehow he knew they smelled just like Lady Emma. Susan Elizabeth Phillips peculiar violet ideas For, though the room was silent, the silence of half a hundred cats is a peculiar thing, like fifty individual silences all piled one on top of another. Susanna Clarke cat peculiar silence The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc. Swami Vivekananda peculiar business matter Each one has a special nature peculiar to himself which he must follow and through which he will find his way to freedom Swami Vivekananda peculiar special way We live in a society which is heading in one direction, so it's good to have at least a few friends who share the same values and can encourage us and help us to remember that we're not alone or peculiar, but that what we're doing is a very valid way of life. This will encourage us to put the Dharma at the centre of our life and not the periphery, to use our daily life as our Dharma practice. Tenzin Palmo one-direction peculiar practice There is no way in which we can retrospectively erase the Treaty of Vienna or the Great Irish Famine. It is a peculiar feature of human actions that, once performed, they can never be recuperated. What is true of the past will always be true of it. Terry Eagleton vienna peculiar past The shaman is a very peculiar figure. He is critical to the functioning of the psychological and social life of his community, but in a way he is always peripheral to it. He lives at the edge of the village. He is only called upon in matters of great social crisis. He is feared and respected. And this might be a description of these hallucinogenic substances. Terence McKenna community substance peculiar «678910111213141516»