The anticipation and dread he felt at seeing her was also a kind of sensual pleasure, and surrounding it, like an embrace, was a general elation--it might hurt, it was horribly inconvenient, no good might come of it, but he had found out for himself what it was to be in love, and it thrilled him.

hubris, n.Every time I call you mine, I feel like I'm forcing it, as if saying it can make it so. As if I'm reminding you, and reminding the universe: mine. As if that one word from me could have that kind of power.

David Levithan

Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.

Theodore Roosevelt

I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples' mothers. I have only a few more years to kick up my heels!

Angela Lansbury

He drew a circle that shut me out--Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.But Love and I had the wit to win:We drew a circle that took him in.

Edwin Markham, Outwitted

Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing an athlete would be so cool. Or where you get to shoot guns, ride horses. I wouldn't turn down any of that.

Jon Hamm

I wouldn't change anything. I think that it's important to let things happen, and stay 'happened'. I think that's all part of the learning curve, part of fate. I'm just glad that it happened.

Mike Peters

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move with him like flies on a summer day

Bertrand Russell

One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you.

Scott Ritter

A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice

Source Unknown

The most conservative man in the world is the British Trade Unionist when you want to change him.

Ernest Bevin

There must be hearts which know the depths of our being, and swear by us, even when the whole world forsakes us.

Gutzkow

So the question becomes, If you are ever faced with this choice are you willing to die for what you believe in? For that is the only way you will deny him. [...] It's a difficult question and not one you can answer until you're faced with it. Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

Christopher Paolini