Coteries The Wound Quotes & Sayings

I always try to cheer myself up by singing when I get sad. Most of the time, it turns out that my voice is worse than my problems! — Anonymous

How mean to buy only as many books as one will actually have time to read. — Alain De Botton

The city had laid miles and miles of streets and sewers through regions where perhaps one solitary house stood out alone, — Erik Larson

After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life. — Alan Alda

The Clintons are very close with everybody on the Democratic side. — Martin O'Malley

When you experience discomfort in your body and a strong reaction to what's happening, and yet you choose not to express your emotions, you've probably convinced yourself of one of these myths to justify your choice: Myth 1: The other person can't handle it. (Yes she can. It's that you think you can't handle being in the presence of her emotional reaction.) Myth 2: It's not the "right" time to bring this up. (Ask yourself: Is the time really not right, or is it just that you feel uncomfortable?) Myth 3: It will make the situation worse. (Short term or long term? In the short term, some conflict may arise. In the long term, you'll move closer to honest conversations and feel empowered.) Myth 4: The other person might not like you anymore. (If she likes you because you don't speak your truth, it's not you she really likes.) Myth 5: If you ignore the issue, it will go away. (Left unaddressed, the conflict will likely grow in intensity.) — Neha Sangwan

I kissed him softly, savouring the feel of his lips, and I prayed that this wasn't the last time I got to speak to him, that this wasn't the last kiss we ever had. — Kirsty Moseley

Everybody says not enough people vote. Now, I don't know nothing, but after the midterms, pretty obvious to me, that too many people vote. — Will Durst

Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it. — Booker T. Washington

Verily, a man should not cling to those who have passed, for he will likely neglect service to the living. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

He was stoutly opposed to the idea of marrying anyone; but if, as happens to the best of us, he ever were compelled to perform the wedding glide, he had always hoped it would be with some lady golf champion who would help him with his putting, and thus, by bringing his handicap down a notch or two, enable him to save something from the wreck, so to speak. — P.G. Wodehouse