Araxie Demirdji Quotes & Sayings

It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather, it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around us. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Now you go into oblivion. — John Howard Griffin

What we call reality is a subset of accessible spaces. — Luis Villalobos

A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it. — Frank A. Clark

Sammy dreamed the usual Brooklyn dreams of flight and transformation and escape. He dreamed with fierce contrivance, transmuting himself into a major American novelist, or a famous smart person, like Clifton Fadiman, or perhaps into a heroic doctor; or developing, through practice and sheer force of will, the mental powers that would give him a preternatural control over the hearts and minds of men. — Michael Chabon

Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire. — Salvador Dali

No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself. — John Muir

And yet Alan had behaved like a child, and (what is worse) a treacherous child. — Robert Louis Stevenson

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh,
but passion makes the bones rot. — Michael D. Coogan

Capital cannot be more beneficially employed, then in strengthening and aiding the productive powers of nature. — Jean-Baptiste Say

Life will be peaceful if you can fill your heart with an abundance of love. — Debasish Mridha

We're so terrified of death in Western culture that we have to make up a myth of an afterlife. I think there's something to be said for living your life very mindful of the fact that you're going to die because I think you carry yourself differently. It doesn't have to be this big, negative bummer. — Steve Earle

Isn't that the whole idea?' I asked. 'It's supposed to stop them from being criminals!' She shook her head. 'That's not what I mean. A lot of people make bad mistakes. But being in jail can make them feel like a mistake is all they are. Like they aren't even people anymore. — Rebecca Stead

If you work hard on your job, you make a living. If you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune. What is the reason for this truth? Success is not something you pursue. Success is something that you attract by becoming an attractive person. The way that you become rich is not by wishing your life were easier, but instead by focusing on making yourself better. — Jim Rohn