Avotstain Quotes & Sayings

My mother was a medical records librarian and wonderful with us girls. She sewed a lot of our clothes - really glamorous, beautiful clothes - and I think that's part of why I was so successful when I went off to Paris; she'd made me all these wonderful clothes to take. — Jerry Hall

That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether He lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would be equal to a soul truly resigned — Brother Lawrence

Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of joy, so is there a laugh of terror and a laugh of merriment. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I think of music as a menu. I can't eat the same thing every day. — Carlos Santana

I resolved, then, deep in my soul never to let him go. I'd be the one never to leave him. I'd prove to him that some things could be for always- that we could be. — Ann Aguirre

Whenever you take over something that is popular and has a fanatical following that loves it, you're never going to please everyone. The trick is to have enough wherewithal to follow through with what you want to do with it and give it time to evolve. — Jon Stewart

You don't put your life into your books, you find it there. — Alan Bennett

The soul knows only the soul; the web of events is the flowing robe in which she is clothed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed. — Otto Von Bismarck

A hint of - dare I say? - animism has entered into the scientific worldview. The physical world is no longer either dead or passively obedient to the laws. — Barbara Ehrenreich

I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future. — Alan Dundes

I'm sorry. I don't mean to be so emotional. It's just that it's been a very trying few weeks. My feelings are all a bit too close to the surface and I can't seem to manage them properly."
She was collected against his warm body, his hard muscles surrounding her, his voice weaving through her hair. "Evie, love, don't apologize for being emotional. You've been through hell. And only a heartless brute like me could truly appreciate the courage it takes to be honest about your feelings. — Lisa Kleypas

The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness. — Mahatma Gandhi