Quotes for All
Be still. it takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have no past, you have no relationships, you have no country, you have no spiritual attainment, you have no lack of spiritual attainment. There is just the presence of beingness with itself. … Read more
In Washington, there’s always an effort to label people. Gale Norton
Listening to music and driving – that’s the best way to listen to music. You just kind of zone out. Driving’s so futuristic – you’re barely putting in any effort, and this huge machine is pummeling down a strip of concrete. Galcher Lustwerk
I have read many, many of these first-time published efforts and often, even though some are absolutely at pro levels of production, and have very costly printing and presentation, they lack a purpose, they merely emulate successful comics that already exist… I can’t stress this enough. Have something to say. Gail Simone
I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort. … Read more
I’m more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and humor! Gail Carson Levine
How can it be, after all this concentrated effort and separation, how can it be that I still resemble, so very closely, my own detestable mother? Gabrielle Hamilton
Although some men who were easy with their words said that it was worth sacrificing one’s life for a night of love with such an arousing woman, the truth was that no one made any effort to do so. Perhaps, not only to attain her but also to conjure away her dangers, all that was … Read more
I ask myself how I could give in to this perpetual vertigo that I in fact provoked and feared. I floated among erratic clouds and talked to myself in front of the mirror in the vain hope of confirming who I was. My delirium was so great that during a student demonstration complete with rocks … Read more
Then he made one last effort to search in his heart for the place where his affection had rotted away, and he could not find it. Gabriel Garcia Marquez