Alphena Quotes & Sayings

Competence in heterosexuality, or at least the appearance or pretense of such competence, is as much a public affair as a privateone. Thus, going steady is a high school diploma in heterosexuality; engagement a BA; marriage an MA; and children a Ph.D. — Thomas Szasz

Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. — William Wirt

They are the living dead and we have many of those among us, spending their days whining and complaining and never making any attempt to change their lives for the better. — Og Mandino

Yet they are also worlds of dynamism - flowing, surging, holding back - a world of almost constant movement. Here, it is as if God were saying, "I have created opposites, upper and lower, black and white, left and right. Now bring them together. Live in the lower world from the higher perspective of the world of unity. — Tamar Frankiel

And the old horror of being a professional writer, and the usual stench of words that goes with it, is begining to drive me out of my seat. (Buddy) — J.D. Salinger

Unless the soul is fed and exercised daily, it becomes weak and shriveled. It remains discontented, confused, restless. — Billy Graham

The materials of genre - specifically the paired genres of horror and the fantastic - in no way require the constrictions of formulaic treatment, and in fact naturally extend and evolve into the methods and concerns of its wider context, general literature. — Peter Straub

The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over. — Peter Sarsgaard

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha. — Tara Brach

I don't know if my films are about women in a kind of frolicking - here's a grab bag of women's issues. They are about women of substance with very particular stories. — Lisa Cholodenko

I already have a toothbrush. I don't know why she would buy me another. That woman buys things just to buy things. It's disgusting. — E. Lockhart

How do you know your boss is a lesbian?
It's when she always park her bike in a dike — Stephan Attia

I've never had two sisters ... " he begins with a suggestive arched brow.
Oh. My. God.
"And you never will. Not these two sisters, anyway."
He shrugs. "Not at the same time, maybe."
"Don't worry. When my baby sister gets laid for the first time, it won't be with you."
"Do you know what you just did?"
"Painted a big virginal bull's-eye on your back?" Kacey confirms with a scrunched-up face. — K.A. Tucker

I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there. — Ian Thorpe

The truths that seem most truthful, if you look at them from all sides, if you look at them close up, turn out to be either half truths or lies. — Mario Vargas-Llosa