Barsine Quotes & Sayings

An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow something has gone wrong, if you see what I mean. — Terry Pratchett

You are wired like you and I am wired like me. The more fully we live into ourselves, the more impact we will have. Acting may get us the applause we want, but taking a risk on being ourselves is the only path toward true intimacy. And true intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming. — Donald Miller

The stars give light to night sky. — Lailah Gifty Akita

My panic is rising again. My sense of isolation and worthlessness. And no other senses worth mentioning apparently. It's not nice being inside my head. It's a nice place to visit but I don't want to live here. It's too crowded; too many traps and pitfalls. I'm tired of it. That same old person, day in and day out. I'd like to try something else. I tried to neaten my mind, file everything away into tidy little thoughts, but it only got more and more cluttered. My mind has a mind of its own. I try to define my limits by seeing just how far I can go, and I find that I passed them weeks ago. And I've got to find my way back. — Carrie Fisher

If synagogues are attacked, this would give Jewish extremists an excuse to attack mosques. — Mohammed Dahlan

Oliver sat huddled together, in a corner of the cart; bewildered with alarm and apprehension; and figuring strange objects in the gaunt trees, whose branches waved grimly to and fro, as if in some fantastic joy at the desolation of the scene. — Charles Dickens

We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark. — Elie Wiesel

But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses. — Steven Pinker

Obesity is racing through America, everywhere. It's high time someone spent some money to do something about it. — David H. Murdock

No matter how vast our pit, prayer is big enough to fill us with the realization of His presence like nothing else. — Lysa TerKeurst

I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to accept. — William Butler Yeats

There is a guilty pleasure in being rude and knowing that it's acting rather than you. But you get the same release as if you were being rude in life. — Laurence Fox

Playing Willie Loomis was really fun for me because it was something nice and different to embody. It was neat playing this drunken servant who was hypnotized by Johnny Depp. — Jackie Earle Haley