29715 Quotes & Sayings

In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and its base spreads out in manifold foothills into the world of mortals. It is the way by which man can raise himself to the divine and by which the divine can reveal itself to man. — Rene Daumal

Sometimes I listen to '60s or oldies stations to see if they're going to play a Beach Boys song. — Mike Love

Magiano just shrugs. He studies me for a brief moment. What does he see? Then he utters a small laugh. "Just point me in the direction of the royal treasury, Your Majesty," he says, waving a hand in the air. He turns away as he speaks, but not before I catch a hint of sadness on his face. "Then you'll always know where to find me. — Marie Lu

And I don't even know you. It's too soon for you to take me home. I'm scared of getting attached to you. Really scared."

"The feeling's mutual."

Mentally, I stopped dead in my tracks. Whatever train my thoughts had been on screeched to a halt between stations. I looked in his eyes, searching for a bit of guardedness, a little double meaning, but there was none. He wasn't lying. — C.D. Reiss

Black Saturday reminded many Australians of what they know only too well: that of all the advanced economies, Australia is perhaps the one most vulnerable to climate change. — Richard Flanagan

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. — Daniel Boone

Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses. — Ovid

Sometimes we love with nothing more than hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears. — Gregory David Roberts

Alix literally felt like the only piece of meat at a kennel as a team of women descended on her to trim her hair, tweeze her brows - something that had to have been invented by a sadist - and make her face over. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the book. In that case, I felt I was guardian of the work, staying as true to the novel as I could. I've since met the novelist, and he loves the movie and the script. — Brian Helgeland

If you can't make yourself understood by your friends, you'll be in trouble when your enemies come for you. — Hunter S. Thompson

No one's life should be rooted in fear. We are born for wonder, for joy, for hope, for love, to marvel at the mystery of existence, to be ravished by the beauty of the world, to seek truth and meaning, to acquire wisdom, and by our treatment of others to brighten the corner where we are. — Dean Koontz

We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, God, what a nut. — Lawrence Lessig

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God. — Saint Stephen

Sometimes the harshest lessons were the most valuable. — S.M. Stirling