Castalian Quotes & Sayings

What nobody understood then is this: The only way that you achieve what you want and fulfill your dreams and become great is by demanding that sort of attention. You have to make it happen. — Augusten Burroughs

Anyone not shocked by quantum mechanics has not yet understood it. — Niels Bohr

In the space between our bodies
there is a cup holder filled with pennies
a distance which can often take years to cross — Mira Gonzalez

When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story. — Gary Cherone

We think to question God when bridges fall but not to wonder at his grace that every bridge does not. Every fit of laughter, every delectable morsel of food, and every single smile is the result of his mercy and grace; he owes us none of it. Now let me tell you why this is so terrifying. If — Matt Chandler

But he [Depression] just gives me that dark smile, settles into my favorite chair, puts his feet on my table and lights a cigar, filling the place with his awful smoke. Loneliness watches and sighs, then climbs into my bed and pulls the covers over himself, fully dressed, shoes and all. He's going to make me sleep with him again tonight, I just know it. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I have a bad time between jobs because I'm always convinced I'll never work again. I think it may be an English thing, this fear of unemployment. — Tim Roth

I charge you at the Judgement make it plain,
My love of you was life and not a breath. — Christina Rossetti

Italian men are beautiful in the same way as French women, which is to say - no detail spared in the quest for perfection. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I may be middle class, but I'm hard. 'Al dente', you could say. — Jimmy Carr

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people. — Hu Shih

I hate taking myself seriously. It drives me crazy! — Liana Liberato

A ruby-encrusted orb popped its top and helicopter blades unfolded. Leo was glad Buford the table wasn't here-he would've fallen in love. — Rick Riordan