Ana Maria Lajusticia Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes life just happens to you, and you can't dodge it. It crashes into you because it wants to see what you're made of. — Alexandra Bracken

Deeply buried in the mind, there lies a mechanism that accepts what the mind experiences as beautiful and pleasant and rejects those experiences that are perceived as ugly and painful. This mechanism gives rise to those states of mind that we are training ourselves to avoid
things like greed, lust, hatred, aversion, and jealousy. — Henepola Gunaratana

The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over. — Barry Commoner

Perhaps we will meet again and do battle, and if I kill him, I will shed no tears for him. Not for who he is, at least, but quite possibly, I will cry for who this marvelous warrior might have become. If I kill him, I will be crying for myself. — R.A. Salvatore

It was as if there were always some good fortune with me that would keep me from going hungry. I knew I would never die of hunger. — Micaela Flores Amaya

I would like to champion diverse forms like graphic novels and works told in verse and diverse writers and illustrators and diverse authors as well. — Malorie Blackman

Where are you going?"
"Nowhere special. I just have some... things to do."
"Why did you pause?'
"I'm sorry?"
"You paused. You have 'some... things to do.'
"No reason, I just--"
"You're up to something."
"No--"
"Then why'd you pause?"
"Get in the car."
She got in. He got in.
"Seat belt," he said.
Why'd you pause?"
His head drooped. "Because I'm up to somthing."
"And why can't I come with you?"
"Because it's something sneaky."
"Do you promise to tell me later?"
"I do."
"Well all right then." She clicked her seat belt into place. "Let's go. — Derek Landy

That stinking mirror doesn't lie. Every time I walk by it shouts out, 'Hey. Chub. When are you going to lose those 15 pounds of ugly-ass flab? — Ellen Hopkins

I've agreed to do several Star Trek conventions this coming year. — Nichelle Nichols

Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don't really mean anything. — George Cukor

People get careless when they're feeling safe. — Sue Grafton

To be considered a celebrity, there's a certain lifestyle that comes with that. — Kid Cudi

Caillen slowed his steps as he neared the holding cell where they'd locked up Desideria. Hauk, Fain and Chayden sat in front of the monitors, watching as she paced back and forth in her room like a caged predator. Chayden laughed nervously. "You know, one of you is going to have to let her out of there eventually." Fain scoffed. "For the record, it ain't going to be me. My parents killed the dumb ones." "Yeah, — Sherrilyn Kenyon