“I mean that it is more natural for me to be wicked than virtuous, when I do a bad act, and I've done many, I never feel wither shame, remorse or fear, I sometimes wish it was not necessary as I don't like the trouble, but as for any moral sense of principle, I haven't a particle. Many people are like me as actions prove, but they are not so frank in owning it and insist on keeping up the humbug of virtue.” PeopleFeelsMeanSometimesDoneActionWishNaturalMoralPrinciplesVirtueTroubleHavensProveShameLike MeWickedFrankVirtuousRemorseParticlesHumbugOwning It Author:Louisa May Alcott
“I should at least mention that I am also discovering a degree of strength and of basic ability for humans to remain human in the direst of circumstances – which I also haven’t seen before. I think the word is dignity. I wish you could meet these people. Maybe, hopefully, someday you will.” PeopleThinkingShouldHumansWishAbilityHavensCircumstancesDegreesDignityHopefullySomedayDiscoveringWish You Author:Rachel Corrie
“In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really impressed by characters who can endure over time, whether that be a long series run like a Harry Bosch, or a character who endures over generations and continues to please readers: Sherlock Holmes.” LongCharacterRunningWishTermGenerationsHavensReaderPleaseSeriesEndureImpressedHolmes Author:Michael Koryta
“To live as I incline, or not to live at all: so do I wish; so wisheth also the holiest. But alas! how have I still - inclination? Have I-still a goal? A haven towards which MY sail is set?A good wind? Ah, he only who knoweth WHITHER he saileth, knoweth what wind is good, and a fair wind for him.What still remaineth to me? A heart weary and flippant; and unstable will; fluttering wings; a broken backbone.This seeking for MY home: O Zarathustra, dost thou know that this seeking hath been MY home-sickening; it eateth me up.” KnowsHeartStillsHomeWishGoalHavensWindBrokenFairsWingsSeekingSailWearyAlasInclinationUnstableBackboneInclineFlutteringZarathustraFlippant Book:Thus spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None Source: Thus spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None
“Ferris: Are you going to be as impractical as that? Rearden: The evaluation of an action as practical, Dr. Ferris, depends on what it is that one wishes to practice. Ferris: Haven't you always placed your self-interest above all else? Rearden: That is what I am doing right now.” SelfActionWishInterestPracticeAtheismHavensDependsRight NowPositive AtheismPracticalsDrsSelf InterestEvaluationDoing Right Author:Ayn Rand
“I really like Blade. I wish people would make hard R-rated fantasy movies again. It's completely irrelevant, but people should do that more. I haven't seen that many vampire things.” PeopleShouldHardWishFantasyHavensVampireIrrelevantBlades Author:Robert Pattinson