The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.
You are a pool of clear water where the light plays
Jeanette Winterson
Healthy emotions come in all sizes. Healthy minds come in all sizes. And healthy bodies come in all sizes.
Cheri K. Erdman
Jack leaped over the gate, his sword aflame. To vanquish his foe and rescue his love.
Melissa de la Cruz
Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.
Tom Stoppard
Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head.
Orhan Pamuk
You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Yeah, see, they die of shame. 'What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?' And so they sit there and they... die. Because they didn't do the one thing that would save their lives. Thinking.
David Mamet
Sino-Japanese relations will certainly brighten more in the future and the flowers of friendly Sino-Japanese relations will increase their beauty.
Wen Jiabao
And I couldn't make fun of her for that dream. It was my dream, too. And Indian boys weren't supposed to dream like that. And white girls from small towns weren't supposed to dream big, either.We were supposed to be happy with our limitations. But there was no way Penelope and I were going to sit still. Nope, we both wanted to fly:
Sherman Alexie
The revolution is not an apple that falls when ripe. You have to make it fall.
Ernesto Guevara
The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that of the Omnipotence of God.
Albert Pike
You can know all there is to know about life and mankind, but what do you really know about yourself?
Yasmina Khadra
...I'm shy in person - so afraid to confess my love - I need a go-between - our mutual friend, the Moon...
John Geddes
I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?!
Harvey Fierstein
Scientists talk about dark matter, the invisible, mysterious substance that occupies the space between stars. Dark matter makes up 99.99 percent of the universe, and they don't know what it is. Well I do. It's apathy. That's the truth of it; pile together everything we know and care about in the universe and it will still be nothing more than a tiny speck in the middle of a vast black ocean of Who Gives a Fuck.
David Wong
Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.
Barbara Kingsolver
Each individual bears within himself an ideal man, and to bring him forth in perfect form is his divinely imposed life-work.
John Lancaster Spalding
The dirty truth is that many people find fascism to be not particularly horrible.
Michael Parenti
All those other girls are cake...I'm Crème brûlée...Tiramisu, if you will. Just a few notches above.
Brandi L. Bates
Love is sacrifice. Love sacrifices itself for its neighbor.
Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
Go for it, while you can. I know you have it in you. And I can't promise you'll get everything you want, but I can promise nothing will change if you don't try.
J.M. Darhower
The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope.
Stephen Hawking
I've seen these women all my life, I know how they walk, I know how they talk...
Lily Tomlin
Please don't take my wings...
Randall Wallace
You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind. -Hera, goddess of marriage
Rick Riordan
we made love on the living room floor with the noise in the background of a televised war and in that defeaning pleasure i thought i heard someone say if we walk away they'll walk away
Conor Oberst
The cacophony of contemporary popular culture makes it hard to discern the call of truth and wisdom. There is no area in which practicing asceticism is more important.
Rod Dreher
If the truth is there, bad writing won't hurt it !
Alfred Adler
Progress is a natural result of staying focused on the process of doing anything.
Thomas M. Sterner
I moved on with my life but I still have a big commitment to Terri. I made her a promise.
Michael Schiavo
Never live your life on the edge when you have loved ones who love you and who are depending on you.
Paul Nat
What enables the enlightened rulers and good generals to conquer the enemy at every move and achieve extraordinary success is foreknowledge.
Sun Tzu
It is better to go into captivity with the whole village than to go to a wedding alone.
Armenian Proverb
By nature we are like all other human beings, yet our people is unlike others, because our life is different, our history is different, our teacher is the Exile.
Isaac Leib Peretz
I'm going to be on the road for the rest of my life.
Woody Herman
Let Daniel speak, let the Revelation speak, and tell what is truth. But whatever phase of the subject is presented, uplift Jesus as the center of all hope...
Ellen G. White
Floating there I held onto faith. Because you can't know who might cross your path or who will take your breath away. You can't know what friends might actually become sisters because they stayed by your side. You can't know when there'll be an unexpected detour that'll take you to the place where you were always meant to be.
Holly C. Corbett
I picked up the Joss Stone album, Josh Groban, and the new Norah Jones. I love, love, love Norah.
Deborah Cox
Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination
Andre Gide
Because, life's too short, my friends. Let's squeeze in as many laughs as we can get.
Neil Pasricha
Even in times of war, you can see current events in their historical perspective, provided that your passion for the truth prevails over your bias in favor of your own nation.
Leo Szilard
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