Bledowska Quotes & Sayings

So this is what water feels like, I think, the second before it can't hold on any longer. This is what it feels like, the second after it lets go. — Cath Crowley

To write out the precepts again, we contend with them, and keep them; we build our humanity, and keep our humanity alive ... Thay has named the precepts 'wonderful' ... Wonderful because they can protect us, and show us how to live a joyous life, an interesting, adventurous, deep, large life, and how to be with one another, and with animals, plants, and all the Earth and universe. Wonderful because when we practice the precepts, we existentially become humane, we embody loving kindness ... Standing in the midst of burning ruins, I was glad that I knew the precepts. Though I kept their tenets imperfectly, even in aspiration I created some invisible good that could not be destroyed ... The Five Wonderful Precepts give clear and simple directions to finding that life. In devastation, I have blueprints for making home anew (90-92).
For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts — Maxine Hong Kingston

Marry him," Arin said, "but be mine in secret. — Marie Rutkoski

Life is Too Short and Memories Are Forever! — Regulo Zapata Jr.

You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it. — Isabella Rossellini

It is important to remember that bureaucratic politics and rivalry are not just matters of competing for primacy in foreign policy - although they are that too. Rather, most bureaucratic competition comes from the fact that these bureaucracies often have overlapping jurisdictions on policy matters and that each may have legitimate but differing responsibilities. For example, both the CIA and the Defense Department have large intelligence-gathering operations, and at times these overlap and compete; at the same time, the State Department and Defense Department both have important but very different responsibilities in American foreign policy-making, and it is quite understandable that these are not always in exact accord. — Howard J. Wiarda

But what is coffee, but a noxious berry, Born to keep used-up Londoners awake? — Charles Stuart Calverley

The byproduct of the lifestyle is polluted rivers, greenhouse effect, spouse abuse, televangelists, and serial killers. — Neal Stephenson

But I could always tell in her eyes if she got really pissed at me, and her eyes were still pretty smiley — John Green

Women who have managed to get successful normally have had to carve out pretty much their own route for doing it, because there are few roadmaps for how, as a woman, you become successful. You think about having to do it yourself, you carve your own way. Does that relate to being Jewish? — Noreena Hertz

Be the Music that Moves you
Float like a Butterfly Sting like Bee
Follow your DREAMS! — John Green

And when you're needing your space to do some navigating ... I' ll be here patiently waiting to see what you find — Jason Mraz

I was wondering what kind of giant would come, but you're just some tail-coated Romeo. — Yana Toboso

I'm the only hell my Mama ever raised. — Johnny Paycheck

As a physician, I recommend nutritious hemp seeds and oil to anyone interested in maintaining a healthy diet. Everyone will benefit when American farmers can grow this amazing crop once again. — Andrew Weil