Battened Sails Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes you plodded through life with nothing changing from one month to the next no matter how much you yearned for a revolution to erupt beneath your feet. And sometimes your whole world imploded and rebuilt itself in a matter of seconds. — Laura Kaye

No one missed Neil's new bands, but after a couple good-natured taunts they kept their word to stay out of Neil and Andrew's not-relationship. Neil — Nora Sakavic

The only thing I have ever been asked [by a pollster] was the age at which I first indulged in oral sex (which, since it was a Yale Daily News poll, meant kissing). — Paul Rudnick

Noise makes no good, good makes no noise. — Vincent De Paul

As soon as you made a decision that time is going to be currency, then it should be a reflection of what's happening today. And obviously, it is. — Andrew Niccol

My mother still thinks of things to do for him. Light church candles, name a star, send money to somewhere. — Yannick Murphy

To whom much has been given, much is required. — Michael Eric Dyson

On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys were swallowed whole, only to reemerge on corners and prison tiers. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear. — Jhene Aiko

Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After you have practiced enough, you become more skilled at the art form itself. You do not practice to become a great scale player or drill champion. You practice to become a musician or athlete. Likewise, one does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living. — Elizabeth Lesser

Life is never straightforward or emotionally black and white. — Christopher Meloni