Bartered Synonym Quotes & Sayings

The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will, but pleasantly, and, as it were, merrily, he advancesto his own music, alike in frightful alarms and in the tipsy mirth of universal dissoluteness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Is it true that you don't love me anymore?"
"Yes."
"Why? Because I lied to you? Because I left you? Because I humiliated you?"
"No. Just when I felt deceived, abandoned, humiliated, I loved you very much, I wanted you more than in any other moment of our life together."
"And then?"
"I don't love you anymore because, to justify yourself, you said that you had fallen into a void, an absence of sense, and it wasn't true."
"It was."
"No. Now I know what an absence of sense is and what happens if you manage to get back to the surface from it. You, you don't know. At most you glanced down, you got frightened, and you plugged up the hole with Carla's body. — Elena Ferrante

She calmly raised the stun gun to her lips as if blowing away imaginary smoke. With a wry smile, she acknowledged the group of women gathered in her living room to witness her in-home presentation. "And that, ladies, is how you keep from becoming a statistic. — Stu Summers

My imagination is as rich as my bank account is empty. — Dean Koontz

I'm really not up for answering any questions that start with how, when, where, why or what. — John Green

The reason why we find so many dark places in the Bible is, for the most part, because there are so many dark places in our hearts. — August Tholuck

So the challenge, as you contemplate your next opportunity to be boring or remarkable, is to answer these two questions: (1) "If I get criticized for this, will I suffer any measurable impact? Will I lose my job, get hit upside the head with a softball bat, or lose important friendships?" If the only side effect of the criticism is that you will feel bad about the criticism, then you have to compare that bad feeling with the benefits you'll get from actually doing something worth doing. Being remarkable is exciting, fun, profitable, and great for your career. Feeling bad wears off.
And then, once you've compared the bad feeling and the benefits, and you've sold yourself on taking the remarkable path, answer this one: (2) How can I create something that critics will criticize? — Seth Godin

Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I'm able to tell a joke. I thank God I'm good at something. — Ray Romano

We were all staring as we passes him, slowly, like a tourist at a wildlife park watching elephants from the safety of their wagon. — Sarah Dessen

'On the Road' completely changed the way I looked at what you could do with your life. — Rupert Friend

Nothing brings you together like a common enemy. — David Foster Wallace

I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations. — Roscoe Mitchell