Site uses cookies to provide basic functionality.

OK
Query
Tags
Author
Link Quote Stars Tags Author
d293474 I swear to you, sirs, that excessive consciousness is a disease--a genuine, absolute disease. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
b4c0c89 Catch several hares and you won't catch one. pyotr-petrovitch russian-proverb Fyodor Dostoyevsky
485da14 If it could come about that each of us were to describe his innermost secrets -secrets which one would hesitate to tell not only to people at large, but even to one's closest friends, nay, to fear to admit even to one's own self - the world would be filled with such a stench that each one of us would choke to death. That's why, speaking in parenthesis, all our social conventions and niceties are so beneficial. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
6d8a30e I don't understand anything...and I no longer want to understand anything. I want to stick to the fact...If I wanted to understand something, I would immediately have to betray the fact, but I've made up my mind to stick to the fact. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
206c16c Reality alone justifies everything. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
2369fff Feeling my own humiliation in my heart like the sharp prick of a needle. dostoyevsky feelings heart helpless humiliation subdued Fyodor Dostoyevsky
c103395 Anger was buried far too early in a young heart, which perhaps contained much good. classics dostoevsky russian-literature Fyodor Dostoyevsky
7feee9c whkdh, `ndm nkwn t`s, fnn nHs bmHn@ lakhryn bSwr@ 'fDl. n lHss l ytbdd, bl nh yshtd..." " Fyodor Dostoyevsky
6a7af56 I create entire romances in my dreams. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9974737 Every one is really responsible to all men for all men and for everything. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
342f793 Have you seen a leaf, a leaf from a tree?" "I have. " "I saw one recently, a yellow one, with some green,decayed on the edges. Blown about by the wind. When I was 10 years old, I'd close my eyes on purpose, in winter, and imagine a leaf - green, bright, with veins, and the sun shining. I'd open my eyes and not believe it, because it was so good, then I'd close them again. " "What's that, an allegory?" "N-no... Why? Not an allegory, simply a.. russian-literature Fyodor Dostoyevsky
e4149b1 The essence of religious feeling does not come under any sort of reasoning or atheism, and has nothing to do with any crimes or misdemeanors. There is something else here, and there will always be something else - something that the atheists will for ever slur over; they will always be talking of something else. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3c327cb No, it's not a 'corpse thing.' I feel I lack the emotional capacity to deal with those in mourning... Jen Lancaster
ec39133 The living room is a monument to my impulsive spending habits. I've got more than two hundred DVDs, including cinematic greats such as Monkey Bone, Corkey Romano, and A Night at the Roxbury, leading me to believe not only do I have awful taste in films, but I also have a Chris Kattan fixation. What I don't have is $4000 earing intrest in a money market account. Jen Lancaster
fc5f77e Jen gets completely sloshed and it's her wedding) I was supposed to meet Carol and her family at the aquarium the next morning, and somehow had the presence of mind to leave a voicemail apologizing in advance for not being able to make it. I was please at myself for being so responsible and considerate. After I left the message, I blissfully headed off to bed, wearing a face full of makeup, all my grown up jewelry, and a relatively restri.. Jen Lancaster
cd1fb5e it'd be like looking for a needle in a burning haystack.' 'Oh, I've done that,' Mark said airily. 'It's a game we used to play, after we got rid of all our livestock and didn't need our hay no more. You throw a match into the haystack, give the fire a three-second head start, and begin looking. You can find the needle every time if you work quick Margaret Peterson Haddix
968c7d5 Yetta thought. choice choices suffrage vote Margaret Peterson Haddix
94303ac The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery. Paramahansa Yogananda
b8839e7 You go often into the silence, but have you developed anubhava?" He was reminding me to love God more than meditation. "Do not mistake the technique for the Goal." Paramahansa Yogananda
fc4b0fb Major, I do not know why God does the things He does, but I believe you have the same duty to God as you have always had: to follow the right path, to live your life with a clear conscience. duty Jeff Shaara
8be8750 Do not abandon what You have begun in me, but go on to perfect all that remains unfinished. Augustine of Hippo
b196e50 For no one should consider anything his own, except perhaps a lie, since all truth is from Him who said, "I am the truth." Augustine of Hippo
d5406c0 He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner. habit lust sin Augustine of Hippo
7ef20ee His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses: present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation. philosophy theology Augustine of Hippo
a7bb786 Late have I loved you, Beauty so very ancient and so ever new. Late I have loved you! You were within, but I was without. Augustine of Hippo
12204fd Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him, is in a better state, even if ignorant of its height in feet and the extent of its spread, than another who measures and counts all its branches but neither owns it nor knows its creator nor loves him. Augustine of Hippo
22e489c Why, then, do I set before You an ordered account of so many things? it's certainly not through me that You know them. But I'm stirring up love for You in myself and in those who read this so that we may all say, great is the Lord and highly worthy to be praised. I tell my story for love of Your love. journaling St. Augustine of Hippo
eefbf87 There is a stillness that accompanies the death of a loved one. Everything becomes quieter, but it's not just sound that is dimmed. Movement, action, perception, emotion--everything is distant and removed. Penny Reid
32119c2 marriage is an ultimate sport in emotional multitasking. I'm never only mad at Greg. I'm mad and madly in love; angry and concerned for his wellbeing; he frustrates and delights me in the same second. We were arguing, but we were still a team. Penny Reid
5c68c0b I like you because you are Kaitlyn--genuine, beautiful, brilliant, amazing Kaitlyn--not because you're Kaitlyn Parker. And I'm in love with you because I can't help myself. Penny Reid
1dc2a56 The phone in my hand buzzed, demanding my attention, and a text flashed on the screen. It was from Cletus and the sight made my heart lurch and twist, a pining ache stealing my breath. As I scrolled through my notifications, I noticed several texts. Cletus: I'm sorry. I was wrong, you were right. Cletus: I just realized you probably don't have your phone. Cletus: I think I'm going to make myself useful by retrieving your phone. Cletus: I ju.. Penny Reid
d9cde4e You want to know what you are to me? Fine. You're my beginning, middle, and end. Penny Reid
394c5d8 And, when it was time for Meg to give her statement, I punched her in the face. Penny Reid
ad20557 Italians who speak Italian should be illegal, or at least come with warning labels - may make your panties explode. Penny Reid
e00281c You can't just go around giving people cars. You're not Oprah. Penny Reid
2f196e0 This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, rants, facts, contrivances, and incidents are either the product of the author's questionable imagination or are used factitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons (living, dead, or undead), events, or locales is entirely coincidental, if not somewhat disturbing and/or concerning. Penny Reid
e89be76 What are we doing?" I asked, feeling restless. "Taking comfort." That made me smile, so I peered up at him. "You're taking comfort in me?" "Yes." My smile grew and I closed my eyes, giving myself over to the moment. Gradually, I heard a symphony of sounds rise around us. Wind played through the grass, rustled the small but plentiful leaves of a nearby lonely oak. Crickets and other insects chirped and hummed. I felt the beat of Jethro's hea.. Penny Reid
67257fe People were, essentially, the secrets they kept. Penny Reid
9710287 Everyone knows that in real life, fictionally handsome men are vacuous vessels of Satan. Penny Reid
7033cc3 I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream, the rain changes everything. Karen Hesse
caf5f06 God uses people who fail--'cause there aren't any other kind around. John C. Maxwell
d68b98a I've learned we all get exactly what we need, when we need it, in order to learn what God intends for us to know so we can be who God intends for us to be. Iyanla Vanzant
7fd0dd3 Even though there is a part of me holding on to the belief that I am now, have always been, and will always be unworthy, I am still willing to love and accept myself. Iyanla Vanzant
f97a8b2 now I know my capacity for awe Elizabeth Alexander