Baduanjun Quotes & Sayings

If I could talk it like Dahoum, you would never be tired of listening to me. — T.E. Lawrence

No matter what we weigh, those of us who are compulsive eaters have anorexia of the soul. We refuse to take in what sustains us. We live lives of deprivation. And when we can't stand it any longer, we binge. — Geneen Roth

I decided not to answer on the grounds that I might piss someone off. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Custom is second nature. — Saint Augustine

The idea of fairyland fascinates me because it's one of those things, like mermaids and dragons, that doesn't really exist, but everyone knows about it anyway. Fairyland lies only in the eye of the beholder who is usually a fabricator of fantasy. So what good is it, this enchanted, fickle land which in some tales bodes little good to humans and, in others, is the land of peace and perpetual summer where everyone longs to be? Perhaps it's just a glimpse of our deepest wishes and greatest fears, the farthest boundaries of our imaginations. We go there because we can; we come back because we must. What we see there becomes our tales. — Patricia A. McKillip

I can't control myself, that's my problem. — Paulo Coelho

If you hit flesh, you're rewarded with a burst of fake blood. Our dummies are soaked in red. — Suzanne Collins

I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place. — Maya Angelou

When bow-hunting, you find you get closer to the woodland critters. The flora and the forest floor becomes clearer. You look at things more closely. You're moreaware. You know the limited range of the bow is only 40 yards or so. You must try to outwait that approaching deer. Careful not to make the slightest movement or sound hoping that your scent won't suddenly waft his way. That's when you'll know for sure and appreciate deeply what bow-hunting is all about. — Fred Bear

Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves. — Simon Bolivar

I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy's window, and say it smells like roses. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Writers turn dreams into print. — James A. Michener

Don't you have something better to do right now, like chase after that polar bear dude or find that toilet paper your kind are so fond of?" She loved how his lips turned into a grin. "Only the softest for my sweet cheeks. — Eve Langlais

Death answers before it is asked. - Russian Proverb — Rachel Van Dyken

I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently. — Nia Long