Quotes by Authors - Page 454

Is it true, then, Mayor?" Grandmother Miss Lacy Thornton warbled from the end of the counter. "Is Jesse Tatum officially dead?""Dead is such an unflattering term," he said, sliding onto his stool. "I prefer to think of Jesse as... passe."The Azalea Women gasped."What's passe mean?" Tinks Williams asked the Colonel, his voice low."Dead," the Colonel said, refilling Tink's iced tea.
Sheila Turnage
I don't want to die without any scars.
Chuck Palahniuk
Who would endure life if it were not for the hope of death?
L.M. Montgomery
It's impossible to defend oneself in the absence of goodwill
Franz Kafka
Not listening is a good way to get yourself killed here, which is exactly what would have happened if I hadn't come downstairs to see what trouble out resident dipshits had dragged in. You have yet to be ripped to pieces or to be removed of your ability to speak. If you want to keep it that way, I suggest that you learn to obey simple commands. Shut up.
Skye Callahan
I guess 'joint' would imply two people had ownership, which, thanks Life, is simply no longer the case.
Ann Benjamin
Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others.
Charlotte Eriksson
Helping OthersWhen we live our lives in happy, compassionate and constructive ways we set an example for others, which they may or may not choose to follow. There is no need for convincing anyone to what we know as good for us. Our actions always speak louder than words, as beautiful as they may be. Be yourself riding the wave of change, and you will lighten up assisting many others to do the same if this is what they prefer.
Raphael Zernoff
Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start avaoiding you because, they, too, have knees that pain them and heads that hurt and they don't want to know about yours. But think of it this way: If people avoid you, you will have more time to meditate and do fine research on a cure for whatever truly afflicts you.
Maya Angelou
There are some mornings when I cry and cry and mourn for myself. Some mornings, I'm so angry and bitter. But it doesn't last too long. Then I get up and say, 'I want to live..' 'So far, I've been able to do it. Will I be able to continue? I don't know. But I'm betting on myself I will.' Koppel seemed extremely taken with Morrie. He asked about the humility that death induced.
Mitch Albom
Oh! Much may be done by defying The ghosts of Despair and Dismay And much may be gained by relying On "Where there's a Will There's a Way."
Eliza Cook
A good relationship is with someone who knows all your insecurities and imperfections but still loves you for who you are
Anonymous
Sad story always end up with a happy ending. Wrong choices end up with a lesson as your tool in life.
Napz Cherub Pellazo
She tilted her head up to look him in the eyes. "No diseases, right?" she asked, before she lost all reason. "No weird shifter thing I should know about beforehand?"t"All human normal," he said, his eyes dark and intense as he looked at her. Then he flashed a wicked smile. "Though my endurance might be legendary.
Kathy Lyons
Being afraid wouldn't find justice for the family---this boy seemed to understand that.
Kerri Maniscalco
Whatever the item is that I have chosen to give you, it is nothing more than the receptacle within which I have placed the whole of myself. If it is empty, it is not a gift.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
With your lunch box, do not forget to carry courtesy, respect, and gratitude from home!
Rupali Desai
I am not shame of my failures, they were necessary for my ultimate success.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Speak blessings, and write wishes. ~T.F. Hodge
T.F. Hodge
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge.
Idries Shah
We knew no one man had killed the prophet. Rather, the combined weight of racism and an absence of moral courage had crushed him. A constitution ignored, laws denied, these were the weapons. America pulled the trigger.
Marita Golden
In all sorts of markets—music, film, art, and politics—the future of popularity will be harder to predict as the broadcast power of radio and television democratizes and the channels of exposure grow.... The gatekeepers had their day. Now there are simply too many gates to keep.
Derek Thompson
It seemed to me then - and to be honest, sir, seems to me still - that America was engaged only in posturing. As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own superiority. And you acted out these beliefs on the stage of the world, so that the entire planet was rocked by the repercussions of your tantrums, not least my family, now facing war thousands of miles away. Such an America had to be stopped in the interests not only of the rest of humanity, but also in your own.
Mohsin Hamid
How did you become blind, uh, Jeff is it?"Yeah, Jeff. Well, I looked directly at the sun, you know, the way they always tell you not to. If only I had listened.
James Patterson
Energy defines life not flesh and blood. WE are infinite energies experiencing infinity. Through a finite aperture.
Stanley Victor Paskavich
He's kissing me and though this is the first time, it feels like recovering a long-forgotten memory. My body seems to say, "Yes, this," and then I'm kissing him back as if I were born to be in his arms. I never realized how tightly guilt and fear had been wound about me until this moment, when they unwind into the air and fly away, leaving me with nothing but this guileless delight.
Rosamund Hodge
Just because we don't understand why they'd cover up something doesn't mean they aren't," Bobby said, and we both turned to look at him. "Now you just sound paranoid," I said. "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you," Bobby said with an expression so serious that I couldn't help but laugh.
Amanda Hocking
It's simply impossible for me to filter my thoughts and feelings. I tell it from my point of view. I'm an open book.
Lori Lesko
Like they say, you never know a person till you’ve done time with them.
Karen Joy Fowler
To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.
Anonymous
Normally, she would never wish a head injury on anyone, but it might make her days in Archival Studies a bit easier.
Jaleigh Johnson
Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time
Sunday Adelaja
Time is running out. The seconds are ticking away toward midnight. The human race is about to take the fatal plunge . . . Is there any authority left? Is there a path we can follow? Can we find a code book that will give us the key to our dilemmas? We do have authoritative source material. It is found in the ancient and historic Book we call the Bible.
Billy Graham
No man should be asked to live with so much sadness, and with so little promise of relief.
Naomi Wood
Life is full of beautiful moments. Live your life to the fullest. And do what youlove.
Santonu Kumar Dhar
The essence of art is that its one case applies to thousands,' knew Schopenhauer.
Alain de Botton
So if black power means black armies racing through the streets, creating havoc, that certainly does nothing to advance the legitimate political and economic aspirations of the black community. Just the opposite, in fact....If they think a few Molotov cocktails are going to bring down the whole system and build something new, I'm afraid they're just indulging in wishful-thinking,
Truman Capote
The source of greatness lies in commitment, persistence, and perseverance.
Debasish Mridha
The worst enemies of success are fear and doubt.
Debasish Mridha
Sometimes the greatest storms bring out the greatest beauty… Life can be a storm, but your hope is a rainbow and your friends and family are the gold.
Steve Maraboli
Government” itself does no harm, because it is a fictional entity. But the belief in “government” – the notion that some people actually have the moral right to rule over others – has caused immeasurable pain and suffering, injustice and oppression, enslavement and death.
Larken Rose
I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing it with ashes until keloid scars rose up.He called it his second smile.
Holly Black
We're strong for each other ! It's what women do!" said Zelda to Pearl"He Counts Their Tears" by Mary Ann D'Alto
Mary Ann D'Alto
Love simply is.
Paulo Coelho
What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie?I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky.The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing;Rush in and die, dogs—I was a man before I was a king.
Robert E. Howard
Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand.
Arthur Conan Doyle
The first thing that went through Mahgen's mind was how cold she'd become with the loss of Kathel, how insane it was that things could go from tender and warm, to cold and indifferent, in the matter of seconds. That was what it felt like when you loved completely yet allowed things to get in the way of forever."-Madison Thorne Grey, Sustenance
Madison Thorne Grey
The artist like the idiot or clown sits on the edge of the world and a push may send him over it.
Osbert Sitwell
If I have learned one thing in the years of my existence, one nugget of wisdom from having lived in the midst of disputations over faith and the nature of the world, it is that everything ends. This is both the blessing and the punishment of God upon the foolish tribe that calls itself man. We can embrace the end or we can weep, but the ghost of time closes all doors with a finality that can never be gainsaid.
Kamran Pasha
That’s what love is like: mother of the greatest bliss and stepmother of the most tragic misery.
Stefanos Livos
If there was one weapon he had against these savages, it was not acknowledging their existence.
Melina Marchetta
Injustice coupled with racism is a highly explosive mixture, in which the world, threatens to suffocate.
Kristian Goldmund Aumann
O Lord lead me along a sacred straight path.
Lailah Gifty Akita
You're terribly selfish, you know. I've loved you so long, and it was never dear or precious to you. I might as well have not loved you at all.
Brenna Yovanoff
I’m trying to think about what I can do. But instead all that comes to mind are the things I can’t do. How do we judge truth and goodness? Where are justice and righteousness hiding? A society that is violent or corrupt prohibits mutual communication. A society that fears communication is unable to solve any problem. It looks for someone to shift the responsibility to and turns even more violent.
Kyung-Sook Shin
The world's not getting any stranger.We are!
Anthony T.Hincks
The world actually is a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well as mirroring your changes.
Chris Prentiss
The longer a life, the challenge is not the distance between destinations, but the difficulty of travelling light. My soul’s a portmanteau packed full, one half filled with what was, the other with what is, what should be.
Jamie A. Hughes
Political correctness' as 'over-sensitivity' is code for saying the privileged shouldn't have their unearned privileges questioned.
DaShanne Stokes
It's good to be afraid," I said. "It means you still have something to live for.
Kim Liggett