Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
All addictions have one thing in common - they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.
Patriarchal religions, like Judaism and Christianity, established and upheld the 'man's world.'
Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.
It's a good thing most people bleed on the inside or this would be a gory, blood-smeared earth.
This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?
Kiss me in a way I'll never forget. Kiss me in a way that will stay with me until see you again
His smile was sexy and warned of trouble, but I'd made up my mind that not all trouble was bad.
Fiction has this special power. It has a power to clarify, to galvanize, to prophesy, and warn.
A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail.
A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!
The conservatives want to revolutionize the world all at once. And that's a dangerous proposal.
Your children learn more of your faith during the bad times than they do during the good times.
You can be anything you want, but when you go against who you are inside, it doesn't feel good.
It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
Any manwhose love of horses isstronger thanhis fear of being an absurdity is all right with me.
I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.
Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's just deciding that fear isn't calling the shots anymore
If we can no longer believe in heavenly hierarchies, extraterrestrial hierarchies will suffice.
Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do.
All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are.
When you knock on the door of opportunity, do not be surprised that it is Work who will answer.
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.
For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. My kids are enough.
The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.
People make decisions, and maybe you don't always agree, but those choices are still their own.
How we treat other people changes them, but even more so, how we treat other people changes us.
Don't hold together what must fall apart. The familiar life crumbles so the new life can begin.
An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within.
I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.
For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.
Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.
If you tell stories you love, you will never tell them with indifference - take it to the bank.
If a place is in your blood, you leave it at your peril. You will never be happy anywhere else.
Everyone likes to talk shop, which is the most interesting talk in the world, in the beginning.
I am sorry," Will said. "No," Jem said... "Don't be ordinary like that. Don't say you're sorry.
Moreover, I wish to assure you both that I did not make any amorous advances on female monkeys.
I would leave at once, but it would be cruel to abandon a lady in a foreign land with a maniac.
You're staring at me," Simon said. "Why are you staring at me? Have I got something on my face?
With their hands clasped like children in a fairy tale, she fell asleep beside him in the dark.
If you run into a psychic wall face-first, do you wind up with psychic bruises? -Clary, pg.239-
"He picks up his dates in a van? No wonder he‘s such a hit with the ladies." - Jace about Simon
You can keep it a secret.... But secrets have their own weight, and it can be a very heavy one.
Is this the part where you tell me you're secretly in love with me? Vampire mojo strikes again.
Jem drew back from her, looking dazed. "By the Angel," he said. "Perhaps we do need a chaperon.
His blue eyes were very dark...Will's were the colour of the sky just on the edge of the night.
I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.
I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.