Ana Lucia Quotes & Sayings

Every one is struggling for freedom-from the atom to the star. The ignorant man is satisfied if he can get freedom within a certain limit-if he can get rid of the bondage of hunger or of being thirsty. But that sage feels that there is a stronger bondage which has to be thrown off. He would not consider the freedom of the Red Indian as freedom at all. — Swami Vivekananda

Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They're compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment. — Brene Brown

Memory is always in art, even when it works involuntarily. — Harold Bloom

'Homeland' is a thriller with a lot of cloak and dagger spy stuff, which is one of the things that makes it so much fun. — Adam Rayner

He had not liked the things taught to him in college. He had been taught a great deal about social responsibility, about a life of service and self-sacrifice. Everybody had said it was beautiful and inspiring. Only he had not felt inspired. He had felt nothing at all. — Ayn Rand

Maybe he should have rallied, risen to the occasion like the rest of them. The truth was the thought made him tired. Shaddid — James S.A. Corey

Folks, if you ever wake up feeling much better than originally anticipated, it's probably because you've overslept. — Martin Reed

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest. — Lao-Tzu

I walked with them, as crowds have that effect on me, I want to do what they do, to journey towards some point of revelation, which of course never comes — Neil Jordan

In other words: Allende's work is bad, but it's alive; it's anaemic, like a lot of Latin Americans, but it's alive. It won't live long, like many sick people, but for now it's alive. And there's always the possibility of a miracle. — Roberto Bolano

Tidying in the end is just a physical act. The work involved can be broadly divided into two kinds: deciding whether or not to dispose of something and deciding where to put it. If you can do these two things, you can achieve perfection. Objects can be counted. All you need to do is look at each item, one at a time, and decide whether or not to keep it and where to put it. That's all you need to do to complete this job. It is not hard to tidy up perfectly and completely in one fell swoop. In fact, anyone can do it. And if you want to avoid rebound, this is the only way to do it. — Marie Kondo

It occured to me the other day that I've made out with more people on camera than I have in real life! — Alicia Witt

We're not just going to have a life, remember? We're going to live. — T.M. Frazier

Worship, not work, flows out of the hearts of those who believe. — Emily P. Freeman