Beddau Quotes & Sayings

People and places are the twin pillars on which most nonfiction is built. Every human event happens somewhere, and the reader wants to know what that somewhere was like. — William Zinsser

The weapon of life is the word of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Our age has built itself vast reservoirs of power / formless as the straining energy that it wrests from the earth. — Rainer Maria Rilke

I proposed to my wife on Brighton Beach, and she said yes. That's pretty romantic. Even though I forgot to go down on one knee because I was too busy trying to compose the question. — Robert Webb

It may be that same-sex couples will save the institution of marriage. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Nothing in nature takes more than what it needs — Tom Shadyac

You have all the time in the world, but don't waste a moment. — Ram Dass

It's like the kitchen in that movie where evil rich Michael Douglas tries to have Gwyneth Paltrow murdered because she falls for a poor artist. Everything is stainless steel or marble and the island in the center is the size of a small car. I can't remember if the poor guy gets Gwyneth in the end of the movie and it feels like it matters a lot right now. — Caroline Kepnes

I think I connect to people who could be written off as wild or dark, or who are just full of fire and looking for a place to put that fire. It's an important lesson to learn, and it's something I did learn: you live on behalf of others and you're happier and you have purpose. And you have a great excuse to have all that fire. — Angelina Jolie

For so it usually happens in the world. Righteous men are regarded as sinners and vice versa. — Martin Luther