Alonesword Quotes & Sayings

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step. — Rita Dove

People around the world now complain about stressors everyday, and the word shows up throughout professional and lay literature. But in reality there is no such thing as a stressor. Why not? Because nothing has the inherent power to provoke stress. — Andrew J. Bernstein

The view backward showed you all the twists and turns your life had taken, all the contingencies and chances, the random elements of good luck and bad luck that made up one person's existence. — William Boyd

It was by Anandamayi Ma: Be anchored in fearlessness. What is worldly life but fear! — Carrie Jones

Folks from the backwoods were certain about two things: that every human soul needed to be free and that the responsibility of being free required one to be a person of integrity, a person who lived in such a way that there would always be congruency between what one thinks, says, and does. — Bell Hooks

By what route do otherwise sane men come to believe such palpable nonsense? How is it possible for a human brain to be divided into two insulated halves, one functioning normally, naturally
and even brilliantly, and the other capable only of such ghastly balderdash which issues from the minds of Baptist evangelists? — H.L. Mencken

Authentic freedom is actually the freedom of knowing who you are, why you are here, your purpose in life and where you are going when you leave here. — Wayne Dyer

Not only is the Universe aware of us, but it also communicates with us. We, in turn, are constantly in communication with the Universe through our words, thoughts, and actions. The Universe responds with events. Events are the language of the Universe. The most obvious of those events are what we call coincidence. — Chris Prentiss

Be patient, Katie. Everything doesn't have to work itself out today. — Lisa Wingate

There, I'm an artist. Thousands of women on ecstasy now want to have three-ways with me. — Tim Dorsey

There are only two choices. Stay here and die. Or get up and see what happens next. — Amy Engel

Love and Loyalty, run deeper than blood. Love that quote even though I haven't read the book. — Richelle Mead

He was like the bed at a party on which they pile the coats. — George Saunders

Our society's almost doctrinal emphasis upon deductive reasoning, convergent thinking and selective retention perversely excludes divergent thinking, approximation and, importantly, guessing. If we are truly to understand the adolescent mind and develop effective ways to minimize the effects of risk-taking behaviour, we really need to understand these processes and engage with them. There is no logic involved with drug-taking and gambling. Adults can learn, too; understanding these mechanisms will also allow us to encourage creativity and value the spontaneity so characteristic of the adolescent mind. — Tony Little

Passing Time was a show that captured all the angst of high school life - all the highs and lows, all the absurdities - and then made them higher and lower and more absurd. — Rainbow Rowell