Agniya Kuznetsovas Birthday Quotes & Sayings

The human spirit cannot be seen; neither can it be denied. — Toni Sorenson

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. — Anonymous

I was worried that if I told her the story, she would identify with it too much. That her sympathy, however well-meaning, would make me possessive, angry again. She was always making things personal, seeing only their relationship to her rather than what was complex about them. — Olivia Sudjic

What do we do now, now that we are happy? — Samuel Beckett

One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up. — Arthur Koestler

America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.' — Cristina Saralegui

Whenever the wife wants to do drugs, she thinks about Sartre. One bad trip and then a giant lobster followed him around for the rest of his days. — Jenny Offill

Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself. — Marianne Williamson

Along with astronomy and alchemy, collecting was what made Rudolf happy. He mistrusted people. He could hear them now. Whispering voices. Murmuring in the walls. Rustling through leaves. He heard them everywhere he went. Everywhere, that is, except within the confines of his private chambers. Here the voices fell silent. He felt comfortable surrounded by his curiosities, for objects can't answer back. Objects can't betray. — Joanne Owen

I have lived through much and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet, secluded life in the country with possibility of being useful to people. — Leo Tolstoy

The work God carries out in us,' he said after a short pause, 'is not often what we expect. A great deal of the time the Holy Spirit seems to be working backward in us and wasting time. If a lump of iron could form an idea of the file that's slowly rough-shaping it, how furious it would be! Yet that's how God shapes us. Certain saints' lives seem horribly monotonous and desolate. — Georges Bernanos

Hope and faith are two intimate brothers; they always go together. Hope nourishes faith and faith treasures hope. — Sri Chinmoy

The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to. — Yao Ming

Pulling back a stray lock of hair, she drew a question mark around her ear. p. 314 — Anthony Marra