Consciousness Anthology Quotes & Sayings

The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's no getting over that. — Rachel Cohn

They will stare. They will stand to the side and watch her be alone. — Aryn Kyle

Why was "plain" a euphemism for "ugly," when the very hallmark of human beauty was its plainness, the symmetry and simplicity that always seemed so young and so innocent. It was impossible not to think that here beauty was one of the most important things about her - something having to do with who she really was. — Elif Batuman

The greatest handicap faced by the psychiatrist was, he argued, the inability to experience their patients' conditions; but hashish gave them a means to do so, safely and reversibly:

Can we be certain we are in a condition to understand these sick people when they tell us of their observations? [...] To comprehend the ravings of a madman, it is necessary to have raved oneself, but without having lost the awareness of one's madness. -Mike Jay — Cameron Adams

Why we are here is an impenetrable question. — Edward Albee

Quality, it seems, is a necessary, but insufficient attribute for success. — Derek Thompson

This anthology is a testament to American Indian consciousness continuing to circulate, regardless of past or present genocidal attempts, whether cerebral, endemic, systematic, or otherwise. — MariJo Moore

I'll put an oven mitt on before I handle anything hot - including my penis. — Jarod Kintz

The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time. — Brene Brown

My sister has an incredible body. I feel sorry for anyone who would judge her, because she's one sexy lady ... It's disgusting that people would say those things. — Ashlee Simpson

Oppressive bastards, think they own the place. I told them that karma's going to kick their asses ... — Laurie Halse Anderson

Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But remember, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta go, go with a smile. — Jack Nicholson

The great endure terrible storms;
the extraordinary rise above them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Hey there, sleeping beauty ... "
Over his shoulder, the sky had deepened to a denim blue. "Did you kiss me awake?"
"I did." Daemon was propped on his side, using his arm to support his head. He placed his hand on my stomach and my chest fluttered in response. "Told you, my lips have mystical powers."
My shoulders moved in a silent laugh. "How long have you been here?"
"Not long." His eyes searched mine. "I found Blake sulking around the woods. He didn't want to leave while you were out here."
I rolled my eyes.
"As much as it bothers me, I'm glad he didn't."
"Wow. Pigs are flying. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them. — J. Oswald Sanders

There is that sense that we have to all come together, the challenges have become so great for the human species that it's going to take all of us to find our way out. One of the ways to achieve this goal, of course, is to expand the freedom of religions so that those people who use psychedelics within their religious practise are able to do so. -Rick Doblin — Cameron Adams

If, as Max Weber contended, science, modernity and rationalism have disenchanted the world and swept it clean of gods, spirits and magic (or, at least, problematised believing in them), then psychedelics offer a potential way out of the ensuing existential impasse. -Andy Letcher — Cameron Adams

A society that doesn't know any longer how to observe every death with proper rituals, that does not know that death is not the end, but only part of the journey, has lost its way, has had the very heart of its humanity torn out. — Marina Warner

Unlike the Tory millionaires, I live in the heart of the proud working-class community of the Bogside in Derry. — Martin McGuinness