Commotionengine Quotes & Sayings

When the sun sets, life gets darker in the country; when a bad leader sinks, life gets brighter in the country! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I thought about things, the pros and cons. But in the end I would be so confused, because I never believed there was ever any one right answer, yet there were many wrong ones. — Amy Tan

As a civilian, I know nothing about combat, the Marine Corps experience or modern man's struggle adjusting to peace after war. I only know what's been shared with me; confidences I would never betray, nor use as details in a novel. — Tiffany Madison

Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction. — Christopher Lasch

The point is that if you think you can pinpoint the cause, then you can fool yourself into thinking you can avert the cause. It's deeply egotistical. It's life played as a grand insurance policy. Our myth-making around cancer stems from the same impulse. Because we don't know exactly why most of it happens, we weave a makeshift wisdom around it, a false prophet, which seeps into the common story and feeds our hunger to understand why. The guilt is a byproduct, a way to assign blame and seek absolution. It's a lesser evil than the forces of randomness. And it gives us the illusion of control. — Alanna Mitchell

People seem to forget that one reason they are now thinking differently is Freud's legacy itself. — Peter Gay

In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount. — Haruki Murakami

*** Teacher: "Why are you on the floor?" Johnny: "Because you said to do this math problem without tables! — Various

If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future. — Blaise Pascal

My good sense bitch slapped my estrogen and told her to get a grip. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Flowers are the music of the earth. — Marty Rubin

He loved me. He'd loved me as long as he he'd known me! I hadn't loved him as long perhaps, but now I loved him equally well, or better. I loved his laugh, his handwriting, his steady gaze, his honorableness, his freckles, his appreciation of my jokes, his hands, his determination that I should know the worst of him. And, most of all, shameful though it might be, I loved his love for me. — Gail Carson Levine

I can give a precise day when Christ came to me and began to transform my life with his power and love. — Keith Ward