Chaminade Portal Quotes & Sayings

I have tried to be a generous narrator and care for my girl as best I can. I cannot help that readers will always insist on adventures ... — Catherynne M Valente

I will have it brought over in half an hour," she replied
"Hurry before she bites off my arm for a snack," I said quickly before hanging up. — J.J. McAvoy

Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats — Napoleon Hill

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away. — Anaxagoras

You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present. — Eckhart Tolle

Honestly, when you're writing you try to stay on the story, on the character's mind, trying to throw stuff at them. There is danger, and the scares have to kick in the right places with the drama. And you try not to do too much to try to create those moments. Those moments create themselves. — Fede Alvarez

The superhero genre speaks to a vast swath of humanity these days, and studios are in the business of constantly renewing their money-printing licenses. I sense we're nearing a saturation point with some of these icons, where it becomes more about the action figures and Happy Meals than it does the mythological heartbeat of the core ideas. — Mark Frost

Life isn't what you think it is. It's like water, and the young let it trickle away between their fingers without even noticing. Cup your hands, keep it safe. Life eventually becomes something else, something hard, something simple, something you can hold in your hand and nibble on contentedly as you sit in the sun. — Jean Anouilh

This loneliness won't leave me alone. — Otis Redding

He wondered why he wasn't as in love with her as he was with ... Hector had only shared enjoyment with (her) ... he shared everything, enjoyment and sorrow ... but for some time now they'd shared too much frustration, boredom and fatigue. — Francois Lelord

It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a 'real teacher' for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano. — Birdy

The music we play has to be tomorrow's, the things we say have to be today, and the reason for bothering is yesterday. — Pete Townshend