“it is my conviction that the personality of the writer has nothing to do with the literate product of his mind. And publicity in this case embarrasses me because I am acutely conscious of how far short the book falls of the artistry I am struggling to achieve. It's like being caught half-dressed.” MindBookFallHalfCasesStruggleAchieveProductsPersonalityConsciousCaughtConvictionPublicityArtistry Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“You are caught in the current of unceasing change. Your life is a ripple in it. Every moment of your conscious life links the infinite past with the infinite future. Take part in both and you will not find the present empty.” MomentsPastLife IsConsciousEmptyInfiniteCaughtCurrentsLinksChanging Your LifeRipple Book:Aphorisms Source: Aphorisms
“We must love because we are loved by God. We must be conscious of death if we are to have a proper understanding of life. We must struggle in order to grow, but without falling into the trap of the power we gain through that struggle, because we know that power is worthless. Finally, we must accept that our eternal soul is, at this moment, caught in the web of time with all its opportunities and its limitations.” IfsKnowsSoulMomentsOrderFallOpportunityGrowsUnderstandingAcceptingStruggleEternalConsciousGainsCaughtLimitationTrapsWorthless Author:Paulo Coelho
“He grinned. “Busted. I’m a monster. Jev is my deceptively harmless — and shockingly handsome — alter ego.” “And I’m on top of it,” she announced with witty triumph. “Is that a Freudian slip?” His bluntness caught her off guard. A self-conscious blush rose in her face.” SelfFacesEgoConsciousRoseCaughtWittyMonstersTriumphSlipsHandsomeSelf ConsciousBustedAlter EgoBluntness Author:Becca Fitzpatrick
“Early on, I learnt from the Russian intelligentsia that the only meaning of life lies in conscious participation in the making of history. The more I think of that, the more deeply true it seems to be. It follows that one must range oneself actively against everything that diminishes man, and involve oneself in all struggles which tend to liberate and enlarge him. This categorical imperative is by no way lessened by the fact that such an involvement is inevitably soiled by error: it is a worse error merely to live for oneself, caught within traditions which are soiled by inhumanity.” ThinkingMenWayFactsSeemsLyingStruggleConsciousTraditionErrorsOneselfCaughtRangeMeaning Of LifeParticipationDiminishImperativesInvolvementInhumanityCategorical Imperative Book:Memoirs of a Revolutionary Source: Memoirs of a Revolutionary
“But my last conscious thought was an image of Prince Char when he'd caught the bridle of Sir Stephan's horse. His face had been close to mine. Two curls had spilled onto his forehead. A few freckles dusted his nose, and his eyes said he was sorry for me to go.” SaidTwoEyeLastsFacesMinesConsciousHorseSorryCaughtNosesHis EyesForeheadsCurlsFreckles Author:Gail Carson Levine