Alzati La Quotes & Sayings

Over time as most people fail the survivor's exacting test of trustworthiness, she tends to withdraw from relationships. The isolation of the survivor thus persists even after she is free. — Judith Lewis Herman

There's no changing the way people are. No one changes, everyone knows that. — Susan Sontag

I had been on the junior Olympic team in high school for trampoline; I could do twenty-six back flips in a row. — Steven Tyler

Passion will make you crazy, but is there any other way to live? — Howard Hughes

I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass. — Jim Harrison

I forgot to mention that sometimes this typist is nauseated by the thought of food. This dates from her childhood when she discovered that she had eaten a fried cat. The thought revolted her for ever more. She lost her appetite and felt the great hunger thereafter. She was convinced that she had committed a crime; that she had eaten a fried angel, its wings snapping between her teeth. She believed in angels, and because she believed in them, they existed. — Clarice Lispector

Some of the best advice I was ever given was: 'Don't believe your own hype.' — Britt Robertson

After what could have been an eternity or a few seconds, Cade whispered, Pain changes us. Mine made me want to be perfect, so that no one would ever want to leave me again. — Cora Carmack

'Unbelievers' was a song that we felt like we could tackle, so that's one of the reasons we wanted to start playing it live, we really believed in that song and we still believe in that song a lot. — Rostam Batmanglij

Most poverty and suffering - whether in a country, a family or a person - flows from disorganization. A stable social order is an artificial accomplishment, the result of an accumulation of habits, hectoring, moral stricture and physical coercion. Once order is dissolved, it takes hard measures to restore it — David Brooks

Being absolutely sure that one is right is part of growing up, and so is realizing, years later, that the truth might be more nuanced. — Rebecca Mead

There's no better teacher for writing than reading ... Get a library card. That's the best investment. — Alisa Valdes

He doesn't have so much learning ... or any special education either; he's silent, and he grins at you silently
that's how he gets by. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Listen for what you identify with, not for what makes you different. — Stephanie Grant

In real life, I'd say that your commitment-phobe/narcissist/bad boy boyfriend is a lost cause, but romance is shelved in fiction for a reason. — Sarah MacLean