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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 65af698 | He reaches over a goat that's come between us and grabs my hand. "Don't let go!" he orders. Harper's hand is dry and soothing, while mine is sweaty with fear. We've never held hands before. I think about what it means in the village when boys and girls only a few years older then Harper and me wander around with their hands clasped together. They're always peering dreamily into each other's eyes, sneaking sky kisses...and soon after, there'.. | Margaret Peterson Haddix | ||
| 8fcc33a | It's like I'd been walking a tightrope with a big safety net underneath me, but I never really thought about the net until someone took it away. And then every single step scared me to death. | concern death emotions family feelings life loss love relationship security separation | Margaret Peterson Haddix | |
| 57a8d75 | Pessimistic prophecies are self-fulfilling. | Martin E.P. Seligman | ||
| 9f0d783 | The way I see it, if everybody ran from bad things instead of trying to stop them, bad things would be all there is. | determination perseverance | Homer Hickam | |
| 79f9fd4 | Yoga has been superficially misunderstood by certain Western writers, but its critics have never been its practitioners. Among many thoughtful tributes to yoga may be mentioned one by Dr. C. G. Jung, the famous Swiss psychologist. "When a religious method recommends itself as 'scientific,' it can be certain of its public in the West. Yoga fulfills this expectation," Dr. Jung writes.10 "Quite apart from the charm of the new and the fascinati.. | Paramahansa Yogananda | ||
| afbb6a1 | The body is literally manufactured and sustained by mind. Through pressure of instincts from past lives, strengths or weaknesses percolate gradually into human consciousness. They express as habits, which in turn ossify into a desirable or an undesirable body. Outward frailty has mental origin; in a vicious circle, the habit-bound body thwarts the mind. If the master allows himself to be commanded by a servant, the latter becomes autocratic.. | Paramahansa Yogananda | ||
| 66f339a | My questioning was my attentive spirit, and their reply, their beauty. | Augustine of Hippo | ||
| ae38256 | The wisdom of what a person says is in direct proportion to his progress in learning the holy scriptures--and I am not speaking of intensive reading or memorization, but real understanding and careful investigation of their meaning. Some people read them but neglect them; by their reading they profit in knowledge, by their neglect they forfeit understanding. | Saint Augustine of Hippo | ||
| 8a3a313 | Anyone who does not love Him Who made man has not learned to love man aright. | St. Augustine of Hippo | ||
| 1a44ebc | It was foul, and I loved it. I loved to perish. I loved my own -- not that for which I erred, but the itself. Base, falling from Your firmament to utter destruction -- not seeking anything through the shame but the shame itself! | Saint Augustine of Hippo | ||
| 251103f | 'nn l sh`wryan nqld lnf`lt lty yZhrh 'mmn shkhS akhr `n Tryq mHk@ Hrky@ l w`y@ lt`byrt lwjh wymth wnbrt Swth wlmHddt Gyr llfZy@ l'khr~ llnf`lt, wbhdhh lmHk@ y`yd l'shkhS fy dkhlhm khlq hdhh lHlt lmzjy@ llshkhS lakhr. why Swr@ mbsT@ mn Tryq@ stnyslfsky wldhy kn yTlb mn lmmthlyn 'n ytdhkrw lmt wlHrkt wlt`byrt l'khr~ lnf`l 'thr fyhm bqw@ fy lmDy mn 'jl stthr@ hdhh lmsh`r mr@ 'khr~. | Daniel Goleman | ||
| 8147f95 | Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. | Daniel Goleman | ||
| 933ec87 | The Golden Rule is intolerable; if millions did to others whatever they wished others to do to them, few would be safe from molestation. The Golden Rule shows anything but moral genius, and the claim by which it is followed in the Sermon on the Mount -- 'this is the Law and the Prophets' -- makes little sense. | golden-rule jesus morality morals | Walter Kaufmann | |
| 08b05ec | When did you know?" I watched him take a breath, and with it all pretense fell away. All his walls, all his cleverness, all his grandstanding and pretending. He looked vulnerable, and it made my chest ache. "When I saw you..." he whispered, leaning forward, his eyes on mine until he became blurry. He slid his nose against my nose, nipped my bottom lip. My mouth parted in response. "I saw you..." he kissed my parted lips, "you bent over to.. | Penny Reid | ||
| 5e8fe72 | The beauty of human relationships is sharing burdens?" "More or less. But burdens don't grow lighter if both people are contributing equally. Life isn't a fifty-fifty split, that's just being lazy. Burdens are weightless, worlds change, and love endures when both people are contributing their maximum." | Penny Reid | ||
| a78e7a8 | So I buried myself under my covers and cried like it was my job and I was hoping for a promotion. | Penny Reid | ||
| 1f7e4e8 | I treasure my sleep over the wellbeing or interests of my loved ones | Penny Reid | ||
| 68121c7 | How many are we talking about? What percentage of females in Chicago are ready to have sex with you right now? What happens if one of them needs to travel? Do they have a phone tree? Is there a coverage plan or a backup plan for emergencies?" Quinn covered the bottom half of his mouth with his free hand, too late to mask the smile, his shoulders started shaking with silent laughter. I continued, feeling a little better knowing that he was a.. | Penny Reid | ||
| 2e827b9 | Nothing is more frustrating than being attracted to someone who is a complete jerk - except for maybe also caring about that person despite continued abuses. I was such an idiot. | Penny Reid | ||
| 3e353e4 | Nothing screams lady-mind-porn like a hot, shirtless, sexy man doing dishes after giving her a reason to be exhausted. | Penny Reid | ||
| b7d0d0e | How does the ocean say hello to the shore... it gives it a little wave. | Penny Reid | ||
| ecdd9cc | Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality." -- Edgar Allan Poe" | Penny Reid | ||
| 7db18e5 | Fuck a fucking fuck of fucking ducks. | Penny Reid | ||
| 11d3740 | Quote of the day: "Friendship is like peeing your pants; everyone can see it but only you can feel it." | Penny Reid | ||
| 9274397 | But I want to be your only source of romantic situations from this point forward. | Penny Reid | ||
| b551c88 | And why did men insist on buying the largest size? Didn't they understand the concept of sizes? Did they think buying a magnum sized condom was going to fool me into thinking their Toyota Camery was an aircraft carrier? | Penny Reid | ||
| 2d6c33e | In all honesty, I'd enjoyed the horse ride more than the man ride. At least the horse had been a stallion. | Penny Reid | ||
| 7655162 | Pride is just another word for insecurity and fear--again, having no strong sense of self or worth. If pride is the driving force behind your decisions, then your life is going to suck. | Penny Reid | ||
| 9d18b88 | Well," he abruptly broke the protracted silence. "Where can I kiss you?" "What?" He lifted his fingers to my face, tucked a few loose strands of hair behind my ears. "Where can I kiss you goodbye?" My stomach did a backflip, and I responded stupidly, "In the hall. . .?" "No, Elizabeth. That's not what I meant. Where--on your body--am I allowed to kiss you? Where do your other friends kiss you?" | Penny Reid | ||
| 2a971a3 | Who called it? I called it! That's right, uh huh! | Penny Reid | ||
| 3cca90d | Yes, I felt shabby and small, but that's okay. I was shabby and small. There's nothing wrong with being shabby and small. Hobbits are shabby and small and look how badass they are. Plus, second breakfasts for the win. | Penny Reid | ||
| b4ac800 | Sometimes, things are sad and unfortunate. But finding the funny in a situation can make the sad and unfortunate more bearable. | Penny Reid | ||
| 4abb405 | Come self-sufficient. Come powerful. Or come weak and uncertain. Just come to me. And stay. Trust that you are precisely the right piece, because you are the missing piece--in my life and of my heart. | Penny Reid | ||
| 0206684 | I never cross-pollinate fantasy and reality. | Penny Reid | ||
| 90e3ef3 | I will do anything to prove that to you. I will do anything to prove that what we have is worth a battle. What we have is worth a war. | Penny Reid | ||
| aecca94 | Experiences is just paying attention as time passes. | time | Erin McKean | |
| 3f2265c | Exemplary leaders know that if they want to gain commitment and achieve the highest standards, they must be models of the behavior they expect of others. | James M. Kouzes | ||
| ee4d7e8 | HAD I NOT SPENT SO MUCH TIME DOING SOMETHING THAT MADE ME SO MISERABLE, I WOULD HAVE NEVER LEARNED HOW TO APPRECIATE DOING WHAT BRINGS ME JOY. | Iyanla Vanzant | ||
| 2ee1013 | Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. -- Maya Angelou | Iyanla Vanzant | ||
| 8355d4c | Forgiveness is not an easy chore to undertake, nor is it for the weak. I forgive you, God, for leaving me out here to figure out all of this on my own. Yet forgiveness is the daily minimum requirement for a healthy, fulfilling, and meaningful life. I forgive my mind for believing that what was is what always has to be. | Iyanla Vanzant | ||
| 2a0e728 | I have not yet learned to use our television DVR. One of the points of marriage is that you split labor. In the olden days that meant one hunted and one gathered; now it means one knows where the tea-towels are kept and the other knows how to program the DVR, for why should we both have to know? | love marriage tasks | Elizabeth Alexander | |
| b12fa49 | The brief answer is that I have become inured without becoming indifferent. | Christopher Hitchens | ||
| abdcc27 | It is a terrible thing to feel sorry for one's mother or indeed father. And it's an additionally awful thing to feel this and to know the impotence of the adolescent to do anything at all about it. Worse still, perhaps, is the selfish consolation that it isn't really one's job to rear one's parents. | Christopher Hitchens | ||
| 78d0d54 | Sometimes we act in order not to see. | James Hillman |