Arisen About Catholic Recluse Quotes & Sayings

We can't choose what we want and don't want and that's the hard lonely truth. Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it's going to kill us. We can't escape who we are. — Donna Tartt

At twenty life was like wrestling an octopus. Every moment mattered. At thirty it was a walk in the country. Most of the time your mind was somewhere else. By the time you got to seventy, it was probably like watching snooker on the telly. — Mark Haddon

Trauma reflected upon in tranquility can produce morally stunning insights - literary light! It can also produce maudlin rubbish. — Jennifer Stone

I didn't care at this point and busied myself texting a message to Sydney on the Love Phone, letting her know that my art was a paltry thing compared to the brilliance of her beauty. She texted back: This is me rolling my eyes. To which I replied: I love you too. — Richelle Mead

There is a big logical jump between acknowledging the destructive nature of hyperinflation and arguing that the lower the rate of inflation, the better. — Ha-Joon Chang

At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope. — Stanislav Grof

This was a baptism into Hell. — Pepper Winters

People can live through hardship, but from hard feelings they perish. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Sixth graders had stopped asking "Now what?" and had started asking "So what?" She had not been sorry to retire when she did. — E.L. Konigsburg