To become a villain, you had to have become disillusioned, and in order to become disillusioned you had to have been passionate about something you believed in that was shaken and ripped from your...
Americans have been tremendously fortunate in poetry, regarding both the quantity and quality of poetry produced. Unfortunately, it remains in schools and universities; it is not widely distributed.
Cure for an obsession: get another one.
I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.
Surround yourself with music. Just be sure to turn the radio on.
We see the world as less random than it actually is.
In the process of my evolution, I became a victim of domestic war, an emotional casualty for a major portion of my life, entwined, entrapped and emotionally involved, until I learned how to become...
I was just existing, but he made me want to live.
You will come to the woods and choose your mate.
Let us show that, if the people abandon the republicans, the republicans do not abandon the people.
You know the story in the Bible?', Jacob asked suddenly, still reading the blank ceiling. 'The one with the king and the two women fighting over the baby?''Sure. King Solomon.''That's right. King...
As a young girl, I allowed my self-esteem to be determined by others' opinions, and I devoted incredible energy tuning into how everyone else felt.
Why did I think that the mask was a better portrayal than my authentic self? We can get hidden under layers of illusion, can't we?
Authenticity isn't just about saying "this is who I am"-it is also about being flexible enough to recognize and appreciate the uniqueness in others-honoring the mutual respect for being authentic and...
I am a recovering perfectionist, and like all in recovery, I do better some days than others!
Own your truths-all of them. Be honest. Be genuine. Be straightforward. Be refreshing!
People must believe that you are real and are who you say you are, otherwise they will not want to do business with you, much less make the effort to move forward in starting and building a...
The days of the pushy salesmen and self-serving narcissists are over. That type of behavior quickly alienates and pushes people away because it offends and can't be trusted.
Life's most amazing moments between people are built on trust, communication, acceptance, and love.
Standing in your personal truth enables you to transcend social layers of happenstance and get to the heart of matters-revealing what is raw and real.
Your attitude is the one thing in this world you have complete control over. You have full command. As empowering as that truth can be, there are some days we let down and give in to a bad attitude.
The key is to keep charisma and charm positive and underpinned with sincere and good intentions.
Life is more fun if you play games.
...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
He had ridden his horse into the saloon on a dare from a whore – his practice was always to accept dares; it spiced life up a little.
I am become death, the shatterer of worlds; Waiting that hour that ripens to their doom. This
There was nothing of his I wanted in particular. I wanted it all.
I have presence, I am told. I take up space. I intimidate. I do not want to take up space. I want to go unnoticed. I want to hide. I want to disappear until I gain control of my body.
the underlying struggle - between worlds of plenty and worlds of want; between the modern and the ancient; between those who embrace our teeming, colliding, irksome diversity, while still insisting on...
Maybe you are already lost and just do not know it.
Because there is no thing that I give more yields and allane the enlappers towers of the vanity of the beautiful than the mesma vanity, put in the languages of the flattery.
-According to what I have seen here, justice is so good, that it is necessary that it be used even among the thieves themselves.
The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them.It's for their own good.
What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you...
We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.
If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order...
Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the...
The Red Lion was a four-ale bar with a handful of lowbrowed sons of toil who looked as though they...
if you don't understand something, you can't approximate it. You're really just guessing.
Why are they going to disappear him? I don't know. It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good...
Read me back the last line. 'Read me back the last line,' read back the corporal who could take...
Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great....
