Anita Blake Requiem Quotes & Sayings

To vigorous men intimacy is a matter of shame--and something precious. — Friedrich Nietzsche

What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of success? Only you can decide that, and you'll have to decide it over and over and over. But if you think it's a rat race, before you drop out, take a deep breath. Maybe you picked the wrong job. Try again. And then try again. — Sheryl Sandberg

I thought about how odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people. The only activities I could think of that humans do that have no animal equivalent were smoking, body-building and writing. That's not much, considering how special we seem to think we are. — Douglas Coupland

Physical beings want things to be the same. They want people to think the same. You work rather hard at sameness, but you will never win that battle because, from Nonphysical, diversity is known to be the most beneficial part of the game. — Esther Hicks

In that moment Apollo resolved that no matter how ridiculous their mating might be, he wasn't going to let her change her mind. She was his now - and if he had any say in the matter, she'd be his always. — Elizabeth Hoyt

His machines - soon to be called Turing machines - offered a bridge, a connection between abstract symbols and the physical world. — Andrew Hodges

Create an atmosphere without fear and encourage laughter. Of course, there will be consequences for wrong decisions, but people shouldn't be so apprehensive that they are fearful to make any decision. Humor can help keep things in perspective. — Jim Korkis

I'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

One always goes back to one's childhood in the beginning, and I come from a very religious family and surrounding. Very religious. — Elie Wiesel

It was a cherished experience. I feel I got the chance to see the inner workings of the grand order of things. In the overall scheme of things, it proves that men can do about anything they want to if they work hard enough at it, and I knew that I could do it ... and that leads, of course, to a strong suspicion that everybody else can do it if they want to. — Scott Carpenter