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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| df4c0d6 | Prepping people to believe something was the hard part. Once the framework was established, they became eager to fill in the details themselves, and could be counted on to do so even if those details made little sense. Remar | Barry Eisler | ||
| 4b3cd06 | Something about all that power seemed to make the assholes who wielded it believe they were invulnerable. | Barry Eisler | ||
| 20891fe | But it's like swimming underwater, you know? At first you feel as though you could go along forever, seeing everything from this new perspective, but eventually you have to come up for air. | Barry Eisler | ||
| 93d5869 |
E acabei por ir a casa dela para lhe configurar o sistema todo. -- Harry, < |
Barry Eisler | ||
| 80a4930 | It took me a long time to learn that proving people wrong is purposeless, fighting stupidity is futile, and formal recognition prevents people from underestimating you--and thereby from ceding to you surprise and other tactical advantages. | Barry Eisler | ||
| b85969c | I didn't say, "I'll call you." I didn't hug her because of the wet clothes. Just a quick kiss. Then I turned and left. I made my way quietly down the hallway to the stairwell. I could tell she thought she wasn't going to see me again. I had to admit she might be right. The knowledge was as damp and dispiriting as my sodden clothes. I came to the first floor and looked out at the entranceway of the building. For a second I pictured the way s.. | Barry Eisler | ||
| bb6b593 | Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard. | fate homer iliad life philosophy | Richmond Lattimore | |
| 4421df9 | Did you hurt yourself? Sort of. Why'd you do that? I didn't do it on purpose. It's just the cost of doing business. Her Grandmother smiles and she gently touches my face with her free hand. I hope that's a business you're leaving, James. I smile, enjoy the warmth of her hand. We'll see. She nods. Her eyes and her hand understand my words, have seen and felt this type of damage before. There is no judgment and no condescension. Just hope. | James Frey | ||
| 96ce4cb | God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference. | James Frey | ||
| 31ad2bc | when things are tough, and when I don't think I can last another minute, if I just hold on, hold on tight and with everything I got, the shit gets better. | James Frey | ||
| b5ea861 | They say live and let live, do not judge, take life as it comes | James Frey | ||
| 1ac108b | I don't believe she's in Heaven and I don't believe she's in a better place. She's dead and when we're dead, we're gone. There are no blinding lights, there is no happy music, there are no Angels waiting to greet us. | James Frey | ||
| 2c9158a | If you want to be whole, you must first be partial. | James Frey | ||
| 136f944 | Words can't say this. The one word 'love' means too little for what it is. It means everything and that is still not enough. It doesn't communicate even the fraction of the feeling involved. Love. The word is not enough for what it is.love.Love. | James Frey | ||
| 13ad54e | I hold beneath pale green. | James Frey | ||
| 27a2be8 | She talks about the desertion. How each time it broke her heart. How with each break it became harder to heal. How with each time she healed, it became harder to love again. How each time hope faded into desolation. Into loneliness and despair. Into self-hatred and self-loathing. At the beginning there was hope. It faded. At the end there was nothing. | James J. Frey | ||
| b97f4b3 | your life better. I know my faith makes my life better, and whether what I believe in exists or not, because I have faith in it, I get the benefits of that faith. I'm not going to ever have faith in God or anything like God. Do you have faith in love? Meaning what? Do you believe in love? Yeah. Do you believe it can make your life better? Yeah. Do you have faith in anything else? Friendship. You believe in friendship? Very much so. Anything.. | James Frey | ||
| 2dbfd6c | he sits and waits and hopes that at some | James Frey | ||
| d577dcb | No matter how bad or difficult life becomes, if you hold on, hold on to whatever it is you need to hold on to. If you hold on, just hold on, life will get better. | James Frey | ||
| 84d27b1 | I didn't want to write a book that advocated for a less curious world. Prurient curiosity may not be great. But curiosity is. People's flaws need to be written about. The flaws of some people lead to horrors inflicted on others. And then there are the more human flaws that, when you shine a light onto them, de-demonize people who might otherwise be seen as ogres. | human-flaws | Jon Ronson | |
| 36c585d | One man was saying, 'It cost me a new SUV for my wife,'" Andrew said. "Another said, 'It cost me a cruise to the Bahamas and a new kitchen.' Everyone was laughing." | Jon Ronson | ||
| c3ded4d | Nothing could be more tragic than for men to live in these revolutionary times and fail to achieve the new attitudes and the new mental outlooks that the new situation demands. | Donald T. Phillips | ||
| f67d763 | Messages are more often "heard" when the communicator is honest, sincere, and succinct. In other words, say what you mean, and mean what you say." | Donald T. Phillips | ||
| 043bd29 | Through violence you may murder a murderer, but you can't murder murder," he said. "Through violence you may murder a liar but you can't establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder hate. Darkness cannot put out darkness. Only light can do that." | Donald T. Phillips | ||
| 49308c7 | Teams bring together a broader mix of skills that exceed those of any single individual. 2. Teams jointly develop and strive toward clear goals. 3. Teams can adjust with greater speed and effectiveness. 4. Trust and confidence are more easily built in teams. | Donald T. Phillips | ||
| 503aea6 | Leadership never ascends from the pew to the pulpit, but invariably descends from the pulpit to the pew. | Donald T. Phillips | ||
| 6f27839 | Smiley was not opposed to social distinctions but he liked to make his own. | John le Carré | ||
| d801e15 | The tortured are a class apart. You can imagine - just - where they've been, but never what they've brought back. | John le Carré | ||
| f6b7234 | When all was over, they buried the dead ancestor under piles of dirt, grass, leaves, or snow. Mammoths were even known to bury other dead animals, including humans. | Jean M. Auel | ||
| 0f3c6a9 | It's harder to kill people. The empathy is so much stronger that the mind must invent new reasons. But, if we can somehow link it to our own survival, the mind will make the devious twists and turns necessary to rationalize it. We're very good at that. But it changes people. They learn to hate. Your wolf doesn't need to hate what he kills. It would be easier if we could kill without compunction, like your wolf does, but then, we wouldn't be.. | Jean M. Auel | ||
| 02348f7 | He began to understand that just because some people thought certain behavior was wrong, that didn't make it so. A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there might be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself. | Jean M. Auel | ||
| d0ce9fc | At a deep, unconscious level, Broud sensed the opposing destinies of the two. Ayla was more than a threat to his masculinity, she was a threat to his existence. His hatred of her was the hatred of the old for the new, of the traditional for the innovative, of the dying for the living. Broud's race was too static, too unchanging. They had reached the peak of their development; there was no more room to grow. Ayla was part of nature's new exp.. | Jean M. Auel | ||
| ba3c2d4 | A leader must always put the clan's interests before his own; it is the first thing you must learn. That is why self-control is so essential to a leader. The clan's survival is his responsibility. A leader has less freedom than a woman, Broud. He must do many things he may not want to. If necessary, he must even disown the son of his mate. Do you understand? | Jean M. Auel | ||
| 7ce455e | Great Mother!I can't believe it!Now I understand."(Mamut) "I do not understand," Ayla said" | Jean M. Auel | ||
| dbeb76d | Usually it will be something special or unusual. It may be a stone you have never seen before, or a root with a special shape that has meaning for you. You must learn to understand with your heart and mind, not your eyes and ears; then you will know. But, when the time comes and you find a sign your totem has left you, put it in your amulet. It will bring you luck. | Jean M. Auel | ||
| 46e923f | Brun, this is the man Ayla saw as whole. This is the man who set her standard. This is the man she loves and compares with her son. Look at me, my brother! Did I deserve to live? Does Ayla's son deserve to live less?" The" | Jean M. Auel | ||
| 0306e20 | A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there might be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself. | Jean M. Auel | ||
| 7a667e8 | You keep staying on our block we gonna have to show you what the burner do." "Thank you, it's great meeting you," says Phoenix. "What's a burner?" I whisper. "A gun," Phoenix whispers back. The man loops and rejoins the others. The streets are deserted. It's just the dealers and us. But then, miraculously, a taxi passes. I flag it. The superheroes all have bulletproof vests. I have nothing. I have a cardigan." -- | Jon Ronson | ||
| b21176a | It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it. | Steven Pressfield | ||
| 1c27ee1 | He's a sturdy fellow, bald as a hen's egg, and like all engineers, practical as a pensioner. | practical | Steven Pressfield | |
| 990e52d | There's no mystery to turning pro. It's a decision brought about by an act of will. | Steven Pressfield | ||
| e4a7ae4 | If addictions and shadow careers are metaphors, sex is the richest one of all and the most difficult to decode. Why are we obsessed with sex? Does sex represent conquest or surrender? Are we seeking the oblivion of orgasm or the transcendence of escaping the ego? Is union with another our goal, or are we seeking to dominate or humiliate our partner? Is sex about love? Are we seeking a soul-mate, a mother/father? Are we trying to reach God? .. | Steven Pressfield | ||
| 35ff754 | The rancor I once bore recedes, supplanted by admiration and a sense even of loss at the mates we might have been and the times we might have shared. | Steven Pressfield | ||
| c6e32e1 | Indeed, we own a bond, my friend. That most sublime of all: reminiscence for our vanished youth. | Steven Pressfield |