Alankrita Menon Quotes & Sayings

There is light in my soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Love so needs to love that it will endure almost anything, even abuse, just to flicker for a moment. But the sky's mouth is kind, its song will never hurt you, for I sing those words. — Rumi

I trembled, and my heart failed within me; when, on looking up, I saw, by the light of the moon, the daemon at the casement. — Mary Shelley

(Later, Giddle's response when I told her I was in love: "Oh God, I'm so sorry. Love is awful. It ruins every normal thing, everything but itself. It makes you crazy and for nothing, because it's so disappointing. But good luck with that.") — Rachel Kushner

Think of admitting the details of a single case of the criminal court into our thoughts, to stalk profanely through their very sanctum sanctorum for an hour, ay, for many hours! to make a very barroom of the mind's inmost apartment, as if for so long the dust of the street had occupied us,
the very street itself, with all its travel, its bustle, and filth, had passed through our thoughts' shrine! Would it not be an intellectual and moral suicide? — Henry David Thoreau

The best revenge is to live well, and rub their noses in it when you're old and powerful. — Debra Dunbar

To work is to live without dying. — Rainer Maria Rilke

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me. — Matt Berninger

Just because there is change around us does not mean there has to be change within us. — Toni Sorenson

I was one of God's chosen few, no doubt about it. Not only being elected, but the joy and pleasure I derived from it. It was a wonderful life. — Edward Brooke

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive. — George W. Bush

I have noted two particularly powerful and common methods of allaying fears about death, two beliefs, or delusions, that afford a sense of safety. One is the belief in personal specialness; the other, the belief in an ultimate rescuer. — Irvin D. Yalom

Who are you to say whether she is of use? She is alive! That is statement enough. — Francine Rivers

There is a solution to any problem; you have to solve the puzzle. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's highly ironic that it was the conservatives on the court who overturned so many statutes. — Jonathan Turley