Quotes by American Authors - Page 596

Gorgeous,” he murmured.She chuckled. “Think you’l say that in five months or so? When I waddle like a duck and you have to tie my shoes for me?”“I’l say it then and forever.
Cherrie Lynn
Imogen was a bright girl naturally, but she had read so many novels that her brain was completely turned.
Susan Coolidge
Even if this is only nonsense and dreams, I feel the need to perpetuate it all. Especially at this moment, when this pain is taking over my mind and my self. Pretty soon none of this will make any difference.
Thomas Ligotti
When caught reading the Bible W.C. Fields said T'm looking for loopholes.' The Bible is nothing but a succession of civil rights struggles by the Jewish people against their oppressors.
Jesse Jackson
Last words of his mother to his father: "Keep eternity before the children.
Dallas Willard
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
Howard Zinn
Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence—neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish—it is an imponderably valuable gift.
Maya Angelou
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
Dorothea Brande
It appeared clear to me - partly because of the lies that filled my history textbooks - that the intent of formal education was to inculcate obedience to a social order that did not deserve my loyalty. Defiance seemed the only dignified response to the adult world.
Timothy B. Tyson
...I think we should find some kind of shelter; a cave or something.""I don't want to do that! What if there's like, a creature living in the cave?" Tiara said. "Seriously, I saw this show once where these people were stranded on an island and there were these other people who were sort of crazy-slash-bad and there was this polar bear creature running around.""What happened?" Miss Ohio asked."I don't know. My parents got divorced in the middle of season two and we lost our TiVo.
Libba Bray
The great gift of American democracy is freedom to think, act, and carry out our lives in a manner that imbues meaning not only to our own life but enhances other people’s lives through our everyday actions.
Kilroy J. Oldster
Plenty of things in the universe are old, my dear. That's like saying Florida is a metaphor for hell because they're both hot - though your grandfather would agree wholeheartedly with that, I suppose.
Sammy Nickalls
All great programmers learn the same way. They poke the box. They code something and see what the computer does. They change it and see what the computer does. They repeat the process again and again until they figure out how the box works.
Seth Godin
Yes, I am of old family, and not illiterate. I am a fossil."   "A which?"   "Fossil. The first horses were fossils. They date back two million years.
Mark Twain
Don’t conform. Don’t live in a small dirty pond when the ocean of life is lovingly inviting you.
Debasish Mridha
Anarchy could never get a man to the moon, but it may the only mode that can allow us to survive on earth.
Sheldon B. Kopp
Do we choose sleep? Hell no and bullshit - we fall. We give ourselves over to possibility, to whim and fancy, to the bed, to the pillow, the tiny white tablet. And these choose for us.
Tim O'Brien
You are part of nature, and its pulse beats in your veins.
Amy Leigh Mercree
Someone's boyfriend died in a rock-climbing accident in Switzerland: everyone gathered around her, on fire with tragedy. Their dramatic shows up support underpinned with jealousy- bad luck was rare enough to be glamorous.
Emma Cline
He was a vampire now. He was supposed to have eternity. But what he had was days.
Cassandra Clare
Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.
Eleanor Roosevelt
What did that say about me? Had I become one of the monsters I thought I was fighting?“Things didn’t have to be like this,” I commented. “He could’ve made different choices.
J.M. Northup
It wasn't awful to be a man's sex object if you wanted to be, if it made you feel good, if everyone was happy in the end.
Lacey Alexander
She trailed behind Baba and Jiji as they left the palace, nightingales singing a sad farewell.
Linda Gerber
No sentimentality, no romance, no false hope, no self-petting lies, merely that which is!
Sheri S. Tepper
Not by blaming the world, not by shunning the world, but only be loving the world can I have peace of mind
Sri Chinmoy
Before yoga, my life was filled with regret about choices I'd made in the past, and fears about choices I'd make in the future. Yoga teaches us how to be present in the present. Once you learn how to live in the now, you realize that the past is a memory and the future doesn't exist. Yoga will help anyone facing anxiety issues, separation and attachment issues (moms, I'm talking to you here!), or serious illnesses such as cancer and depression. It's a practice that slims your body while expanding your heart.
Kathryn E. Livingston
Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. Think well.
Danielle Pierre
Just remember to say THANK YOU sometimes, for all of these everyday extraordinary gifts.
Scott Stabile
I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty I woke and found that life was Duty.
Ellen Sturgis Hooper
How you see the world will define you.
Debasish Mridha
I’m a moon junky. Every time I look at the moon I feel less alone and less afraid. I tell my boys that moonlight is a magic blanket and the stars above are campfires set by friendly aliens.
Amy Poehler
This was it, he knew it, was sure of it, this was the door which would take him back—
Stephen King
The woman’s gaze sent chills racing down his spine. The diabolical, aberrantly predatory arch of her lips curdled his blood. Seriously, his blood must be curdling back at the lab right now.“Nice illusion. I’m definitely feeling the evil vibe here.”She stood and rounded the desk with perfect grace. “There is no illusion. Explain yourself quickly now, before I grow bored by your presence and dispense with it.
G.S. Jennsen
People are never going to act exactly like we want them to. So if we stop expecting things from others, we’ll find peace in our hearts that will last a lifetime.
Ron Baratono
nothing is impossible. you just need to learn how to bend the rules.
Douglas Preston
All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
A hint of sensual frustration roughened his voice.“And I will curse the gods along with them, Min. Some wild monsoon raged through me as I looked at you just now. It’s left me rearranged inside, and I don’t have a map.
Tessa Dare
Intrapersonal communication is a reflection of your self-esteem.
Asa Don Brown
My name Quan. Quan Nguyen. This Kim-Ly, wife. We next door. Do nails. We with Mr. Blaylock. He fight, we fight. We come here from Viet Nam. This good country, but sometimes, good people in good country have to fight.
Dan Groat
There was no mistaking what the feeling of fullness in his heart meant. They were mates and were bound together. Forever. Wharick's green eyes closed for a moment as he absorbed the feeling of completeness their bond provided his spirit.
Madison Thorne Grey
A budding fashionista even at four, I would capture the little lizards and latch them, still living, onto my earlobes as earrings. Most girls wouldn't touch them, I thought they completed the outfit.
Mireya Mayor
And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.
Maurice Sendak
Let us not forget that among [women's] rights is the right to speak freely.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
You don't need proof. You just need an inclination
Mary Roach
She raised a sharp eyebrow at him. "Vlad, no offense, but look at you. If you're not a vampire, you're clearly the most anemic goth I've ever seen."... "We believed you. Because that's what friends do."pg267 October to Vlad
Heather Brewer
I cannot be critical of an infant whose only possible source of nourishment can be found in the dugs of a wolf.
Jack Henry Abbott
You won't find your soul in a textbook, self-help book, or buy it in a store. Sometimes, it's just a matter of looking past the anger, regret, and envy to see its smiling face.
Charles F. Glassman
We’ll try to be more sympathetic to your hot nemesis problem. Is she a nightmare to work with?”tAn image popped into John’s head, of him kissing Jessica against the hotel room wall in Jacksonville. He could still feel the softness of her skin and hear her breathy moan as he slid his hand underneath her dress. tHardly the stuff of nightmares.t“It’s been… interesting.
Julie James
Society's revenge matched its fright.
Barbara W. Tuchman
I think I've lived quite the unorthodox life so far, but you probably feels that way about yourself too. So much goes untold in our lives.
Connor Franta
people don't generally believe themselves to be evil. Just strong. And they think that the world owes them something
Mary Elizabeth Summer
Where there is evil, brutality and hatred, there is overwhelming courage, strength and kindness. Focus on the good.Stay positive.Stay together.Stay peaceful.Stay strong.
Tanya Masse
The good part about having a mental disorder is having a valid reason for all the stupid things we do because of a damaged prefrontal cortex. However, the best part is seeing someone completely sane do the exact same things, without a valid excuse. This is the great equalizer of God and his little gift for all us crazy people to enjoy.
Shannon L. Alder
followers have a very clear picture of what they want and need from the most influential leaders in their lives: trust, compassion, stability, and hope
Tom Rath
I'm older now, I'm a man getting near middle age, putting on a little fat and I still love to walk along Fifth Avenue at three o'clock on the east side of the street between Fiftieth and Fifty-seventh streets, they're all out then, making believe they're shopping, in their furs and their crazy hats, everything all concentrated from all over the world into eight blocks, the best furs, the best clothes, the handsomest women, out to spend money and feeling good about it, looking coldly at you, making believe they're not looking at you as you go past.
Irwin Shaw
Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks--
Jeanne DuPrau
I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see.
Lemony Snicket
A miracle is when you take action on your written goal, and work hard to create it. Transform your dreams into reality, by writing your goals, taking action and making them happen. This is the short recipe for top success.
Mark F. LaMoure
Turn your wound into wisdom, then help people to find true freedom.
Debasish Mridha