“I had my own dump truck of bad karma waiting for me somewhere ahwad. I had certainly earned it, but I raced to avoid it if I could; there was no way I wanted to fell that.” IfsWayWantedWaitingMy OwnKarmaIf I CouldTruckDumpBad Karma Book:Hunted: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Six Source: Hunted: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Six
“I think if I could do it over again - as much as I loved meeting the people I did on the films after 'Matilda' - I wish that I had stopped after 'Matilda.' I wish that I had just focused on my own life for a while.” PeopleIfsThinkingFilmWishMy OwnMeetingsFocusedIf I CouldMy Own Life Author:Mara Wilson
“I have my own way to walk and for some reason or other Zen is right in the middle of it wherever I go. So there it is, with all its beautiful purposelessness, and it has become very familiar to me though I do not know "what it is." Or even if it is an "it." Not to be foolish and multiply words, I'll say simply that it seems to me that Zen is the very atmosphere of the Gospels, and the Gospels are bursting with it. It is the proper climate for any monk, no matter what kind of monk he may be. If I could not breathe Zen I would probably die of spiritual asphyxiation.” IfsKnowsWayKindMayMatterReasonSeemsBeautifulSpiritualDiesMy OwnWalksMiddleNo Matter WhatClimateBreatheFoolishFamiliarAtmosphereIf I CouldMonkBurstingPurposelessnessAsphyxiation Book:Encounter: Thomas Merton & D.T. Suzuki Source: Encounter: Thomas Merton & D.T. Suzuki
“Honestly, I have s much respect for single moms or anybody who finds themselves a single mother, but to even choose to be single mother is just so courageous to me. It is such a hard job to raise a child and be everything to that child without a partner. It's just admirable and courageous and brave and every other valiant word I can think of. I don't know if I could do it on my own.” IfsThinkingKnowsChildrenI CanHardJobsMotherMy OwnMomRaisesBravePartnersHonestlyIf I CouldCourageousAdmirableSingle MomValiantSingle Mother Author:Jennifer Lopez
“When you're young, you're very insecure. And if I could learn, if I could revisit my own past I could say to myself, don't think too much, just get on and do it.” IfsThinkingPastYoungMy OwnToo MuchIf I CouldInsecure Author:Anthony Hopkins
“My favorite experiences have all been finding myself at one point in a timeline and going in both directions, just discovering at my own pace. If I could admit to be playing some kind of long game, and strategizing this, I would.” IfsKindLongGamesMy OwnFindingsMy FavoriteIf I CouldPaceDiscoveringTimelinesFinding Myself Author:Blake Mills