“There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.” LifeCuttingInspireAchievementPreparationLive LifeThoroughNonconformityShort CutsVeneerThorough Understanding Author:George Washington Carver
“Of course I wasn't abused. If I were; things would be so simple. I'd have a reason to for being in a shrinks office. I'd have a justification and something to work on. The world wasn't going to give me something that tidy.” IfsWorldGivingReasonWould BeCoursesSimpleOfficeGive MeJustificationShrinksTidy Author:Ned Vizzini
“I was modest--they accused me of being crafty: I became secretive. I felt deeply good and evil--nobody caressed me, everybody offended me: I became rancorous. I was gloomy--other children were merry and talkative. I felt myself superior to them--but was considered inferior: I became envious. I was ready to love the whole world--none understood me: and I learned to hate.” WorldChildrenWholeHateEvilFeltReadyUnderstoodWhole WorldSuperiorsGood And EvilInferiorsModestOffendedAccusedMerryEnviousGloomySecretiveCraftyTalkativeReady For Love Author:Mikhail Lermontov
“You are the devil to talk to, Rachel," he said curtly. "Will you shut up and listen?” SaidDevilShut Up Book:Ever After Source: Ever After
“And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game.” LooksTimeGamesBehindsReturnSeasonsRoundsCirclesUp And DownCaptivesPoniesWhere We CameCarousels Author:Joni Mitchell
“You can be merry with the king, you can share a joke with him. But as Thomas More used to say, it's like sporting with a tamed lion. You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you're thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws.” ThinkingUsedShareKingsJokesEarsLionsMerryClawsTamed Author:Hilary Mantel
“The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.” PersonsSelfLosesSelf LoveFemaleLearning To LoveSearching For Love Author:Bell Hooks
“...and it occurred to me, with the forcefulness of a thought experienced in 360 degrees, that that's really what history mostly is: masses of people doing ordinary things.” PeopleDegreesMassOrdinaryOrdinary Things Author:Bill Bryson
“They all do the same things. They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.” ThinkingMaySinOriginalsPettyRepetitive Author:Neil Gaiman