Contrasted Mona Quotes & Sayings

I was not much afraid of punishment, I was only afraid of disgrace.But that I feared more than death, more than crime, more than anything in the world. I should have rejoiced if the earth had swallowed me up and stifled me in the abyss. But my invincible sense of shame prevailed over everything . It was my shame that made me impudent, and the more wickedly I behaved the bolder my fear of confession made me. I saw nothing but the horror of being found out, of being publicly proclaimed, to my face, as a thief, as a liar, and slanderer. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

WHEN YOU BELIEVE, YOUR MIND WILL FIND WAY TO DO — David J. Schwartz

Romance and poetry, ivy, lichens and wallflowers need ruin to make them grow. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach new audiences with all of the music that we have made is thrilling. — Graham Nash

I think the landscape you grow up in probably does mark you in ways you don't even understand. — Andrea Barrett

Actually, the zapping light was kinda like Sookie's fairy-light-thing. Do you think there's any chance I'm a fairy?"
"No, Z. Focus. True Blood is fiction. This is the real world. — P.C. Cast