Preserving Quotes

“Many aspects of the human condition are beautiful and many others are vile. Betrayal and personal agony represent a maddening part of being human. A person can maintain personal dignity by exercising restraint, remaining true to their conscience, and preserving under difficult conditions.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“God is interested in preserving the resources of His Kingdom.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“For two months I bottled oranges and apricots, peaches and pears, raspberries and nectarines, plums and figs in a rich sugar syrup laced with lemon zest.
I pickled olives and cucumbers in brine, and packed mushrooms, pepperoni, artichokes, and asparagus in jars with olive oil.
I made jams and preserves of berries and fruits, which then lined the shelves on the walls in the cellar, each one labeled in my own hand and bearing the date of my agony.”
― Lily Prior, La Cucina

“Something that is decisively worth preserving to a community must be an essential part of a collective history, identity, or narrative.”
― Mackenzie Finklea, Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“What my aunt wanted to try was to create the Night Library. Through all of her studies of art, she'd discovered the importance of preserving this thing known as the past.
"You know, it's presumptuous to think that the present is more advanced than the past," she said. "Putting aside industry, science, and chemistry, there hasn't been any progress in the arts, or literature."
She told me this while she stood in front of the statue David in the Accademia Gallery.
"Probably we can't produce magnificent things like this nowadays. Apart from reproductions and such."
"Hmm."
"Which is why I'd like to take the past and seal it in.”
― Hika Harada, Dinner at the Night Library