Quotes by Authors - Page 660

I am aware that I am less than some people prefer me to be, but most people are unaware that I am so much more than what they see.
Douglas Pagels
I sit up in bed and watch her fiddle about in the back of my wardrobe. I think she's got a plan. That's what's good about Zoey. She'd better hurry up though, because I'm starting to think of things like carrots. And air. And ducks. And pear trees. Velvet and silk. Lakes. I'm going to miss ice. And the sofa. And the lounge. And the way Cal loves magic tricks. And white things- milk, snow, swans.
Jenny Downham
Sometimes it takes bravery in order to be a coward.
Lionel Suggs
Under certain circumstances the fateful decisions in life, sometimes even in matters of life and death, are made with an almost indifferent ease. While the little things-for instance, the way people hang on to what is over-seem so important.
Peter Høeg
You want Change, today we'll show you Change!Here's your democracy, your human rights, eat it, eat eat eat!
NoViolet Bulawayo
Where is our gift?Inside our heartWhat is our purpose?To open our heart and start giving our gift away
Roxana Jones
We derive insightful perception by observing and studying, comparing and contrasting. Without investigating why we prefer the veil of life to the cloak of death and without considering how to create dangerously, live honorably, and die gloriously without remorse and regret, we risk dissipating what precious little shelf life our brittle humanity grants us.
Kilroy J. Oldster
There is no need for us all to be alike and think the same way, neither do we need a common enemy to force us to come together and reach out to each other. If we allow ourselves and everyone else the freedom to fully individuate as spiritual beings in human form, there will be no need for us to be forced by worldly circumstances to take hands and stand together. Our souls will automatically want to flock together, like moths to the flame of our shared Divinity, yet each with wings covered in the glimmering colors and unique patterns of our individual human expression.
Anthon St. Maarten
There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.
Idries Shah
People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.
Albert Camus
I’m sorry that your mystical, godlike powers do not instantly work as you would like them to.
Brandon Sanderson
Pent-up anger is oftentimes more destructive than a good quarrel.
Kilroy J. Oldster
How could we change the way we think? Through renewed knowledge.
Lailah Gifty Akita
I've always been shy physically. This in part tended to keep me from rushing into things, including relationships, headlong. Not rushing headlong, though I may have wanted to, but beginning to write stories about people, I drew near slowly; noting and guessing, apprehending, hoping, drawing my eventual conclusions out of my own heart, I did venture closer to where I wanted to go.
Eudora Welty
You can't stay in the dark for too long. Something inside you starts to fade, and you become like a starving person, crazy-hungry for light.
Amy Tan
Policy-makers continue to discover that they cannot solve today’s problems with yesterday’s mindsets
Widad Akreyi
Oberon’s been kidnapped along with one of the werewolves, and that’s why we’re all so upset. We’ll talk more tomorrow, and I promise to answer all your questions if I survive the night,” I said. The widow’s eyebrows raised. “Ye’ve got all these nasty pooches to run around with and ye still might die?” “I’m going to go fight with a god, some demons, and a coven of witches who all want to kill me,” I said, “so it’s a distinct possibility.” “Are y’goin’ t’kill ’em back?” “I’d certainly like to.” “Attaboy,” the widow chuckled. “Off y’go, then. Kill every last one o’ the bastards and call me in the mornin’.
Kevin Hearne
To gain wisdom you must be willing to invest time, energy, and money in your personal development.
Mensah Oteh
There were spaceships again in that century, an dthe ships were manned by fuzzy impossibilities that walked on two legs and sprouted tufts of hair in unlikely anatomical regions. They were a garrulous kind. They belonged to a race quite capable of admiring its own image in a mirror, and equally capable of cutting its own throat before the altar of some tribal god, such as the deity of Daily Shaving. It was a species that considered itself to be, basically, a race of divinely inspired toolmakers; any intelligent entity from Arcturus would instantly have perceived them to be, basically, a race of impassioned after-dinner speechmakers.
Walter M. Miller Jr
I have a gift for you."She cocked a brow. "Is that right?""Yes. It'll require us to get naked."She looped her arm in his as they headed to the bedroom. "Is this gift something I've seen before?""Well ... maybe. But this gift can always be used in new and unique ways."She tilted her head back and laughed. "Best. Gift. Ever.
Jaci Burton
In his arms I’ve finally found the place I’ve been looking for, where fear can’t touch me, where memories can’t reach, where the past is forgotten and the present is enough. Where the present is, in fact, all that matters.
Sarah Alderson
There is an old saying, or should be, that it is a wise economist who recognizes the scope of his own generalizations.
John Kenneth Galbraith
As a Buddhist, I see no distinction between religious practice and daily life. Religious practice is a twenty-four hour occupation.
Dalai Lama XIV
Jacques wants a pancake shaped like Mozart's Symphony No. 40! In G minor!
Michelle Cuevas
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
Anatole France
If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.
C. JoyBell C.
I knew I loved you when I kept trying to run away and find reasons why it wouldn’t work
John Geddes
Words have power, and when you speak you give them life. Speak into the atmosphere. Speak into existence what you believe, desire, dream, and hope.
Amaka Imani Nkosazana
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
Henry Miller
As long as we’re comparing analogies,” Jack added, “how about this one? A person being chased by a bear doesn’t have to be able to run faster than the bear. He only has to be faster than his slowest companion. Driver picks. I’m going to catch up with the convoy, find a way to pass several of the cars, and not be last in line.
Donald G. Firesmith
Keep in mind ... to a dog you are family to a cat you are staff.
Anonymous
If you don’t know what you value in life, then you won’t be able to make any meaningful decisions you can live with in the future.
Shannon L. Alder
We need to be fit and ready for anything that might come our way.
Aaron B. Powell
Delicately, she parted her lips, swept them against his, and kissed first his top, then the bottom. Letting her lead, he pinched his brows together and held still. She didn’t come at him with fire. She told him a story. And he’d be damned if it didn’t start with once upon a time like she were proving he was some kind of hero. Specifically, hers.
Kelly Moran
The desperation in his voice was misplaced and as his eyes danced over my face I knew he was just as broken as I was. That kiss, those caresses—the feeling of his skin against mine had shattered our perfect friendship. There was no turning back now; having him was the only thing that would make me whole.
Cassandra Giovanni
Life no longer felt meaningless. It felt stressful and terrifying, but it definitely didn't feel meaningless.
Donald Miller
If we're open to it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives... to change us. It might be a laughing child, car brakes that need fixing, a sale on pot roast, a cloudless sky, a trip to the woods to cut down a Christmas tree, a school teacher, a Dunhill Billiard pipe...or even a pair of shoes. Some people will never believe. They may feel that such things are too trivial, too simple, or too insignificant to forever change a life. But I believe. And I always will.
Donna VanLiere
A life of faith is an enduring sacred-existence.
Lailah Gifty Akita
The true cost of following your dreams isn't what you sacrifice when you chase them, it's what you lose when you don't
Simon S Tam
Single ladies, we are not Damsels in Distress…we are Divas that Impress!
Mandy Hale
Avarice is patriotic!
William Donaldson
Fasting may not be as easy as feasting, but after a while it is not too different. Both are extremes. It is not hard to go the extreme way, but what is really difficult is neither to fast nor to feast, but to be moderate in everything we do.
Eknath Easwaran
Pain was a torn piece of paper.
Maggie Stiefvater
I have had my say, as he wished. Now the book belongs, as he points out, to the world he claims to speak for.
Julian Darius
No matter how you are feeling, get up every morning and prepare to let your light shine forth.
Paulo Coelho
The Greek word for ‘self-control’ comes from a root word meaning ‘to grip’. It calls for getting a grip on your spending so that you don’t go into debt for things you don’t need and can’t pay for. It calls for getting a grip on your temper and not saying things you’ll later regret: ‘Better … a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city’ (Proverbs 16:32 NIV 1984 Edition). It calls for getting a grip on your desires. If Joseph had failed to say no to the repeated advances of his boss’ wife, he’d never have seen his life’s dream fulfilled and sat on the throne of Egypt. Understand this: Satan has discerned your destiny and he’s out to stop you from reaching it. So pray for self-control, and practise it on a daily basis.
Patience Johnson
So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives.
Oscar Wilde
My mother is European and expresses her love through food and cuddling. She wasn't the type of mother who would make it to school plays or soccer games, but if you wanted to stay at home sick, she was your girl. Whenever you'd go up to her room to cuddle with her, she'd pull out a Kit Kat or Snickers bar from her night table and look at you with dancing eyes.
Chelsea Handler
Guilt is an indulgence, it entangles you in the past.
Gregg Hurwitz
Shigemori's body of work is a compelling manifesto for continuous cultural renewal.
Christian Tschumi
[Like they say,] small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.
Dave Courtney
One didn't understand, until one had seen a great many bodies, the unconscious effort that one must be making every minute simply to keep one's hands and face and clothes clean. The world's surfaces were so filthy that the living touched them only with the tips of their fingers and the soles of their shoes. How grubby it was to die, to give up making that effort.
Chris Cleave
A mind without freedom, a life without liberty, is like a heart without love, a journey without a destination.
Debasish Mridha
I let my love for myself grow infinitely. I understand that loving myself is emotionally healthy and necessary to my well-being.
Amy Leigh Mercree
A generous heart filled with gratitude is a magnet for abundance.
Debasish Mridha
Maybe we could all take care of each other, I dreamed.
Michelle Tea
Surviving makes other people’s tears unbearable. You might drown in them.
Marceline Loridan-Ivens