Curacity Quotes & Sayings

Worried, I touched the jacket's sleeve. "You think it's too much?" I asked, working hard to keep my tone non-combative. I'd had this conversation with ex-roommates before. — Kim Harrison

I think nobody wants to hear a sermon. Well, some people do, but maybe not through music or not with me. No one wants to hear me give a speech that way. — Serj Tankian

He grins to himself as he thinks of his little cabal, this great band of warriors consisting of an old woman, a passion-struck fool, and a man with a feeble mind. At least they've all got the loyalty part right. — T.J. Klune

But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me. — Jack Vance

I wish I felt energetic and could paint all the time, because there are so many paintings I'd like to do. — Wanda Koop

It is better to illuminate than merely to shine.
Maius est illuminare quam lucere solum. — Thomas Aquinas

After love, the man sleeps, while the woman reflects. — Monica Bellucci

Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors. — Nicolas Chamfort

Draw a floor plan of the house you lived in as a child, including all the floors. — Jean J. Jenson

What you hate, you re-create; and what you bless, you put to rest. — Eric Micha'el Leventhal

As we begin to have landings on the moon, we can alternate those with vertical launch of similar crew modules on similar launch vehicles for vertical-launch tourism in space, if you want to call it that ... adventure travel. — Buzz Aldrin

Most people, solidly frozen into long-held, common notions, are unable to grasp clearer views. — Thomas Daniel Nehrer

It's very easy to lose track of the environment around you, to lose touch with the present. — Doug Aitken

I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks. It happens sometimes when you are lost in a hard challenge, or when an artist or a craftsman becomes one with the brush or the tool. It happens sometimes while you're playing sports, or listening to music or lost in a story, or to some people when they feel enveloped by God's love. And it happens most when we connect with other people. I've come to think that happiness isn't really produced by conscious accomplishments. Happiness is a measure of how thickly the unconscious parts of our minds are intertwined with other people and with activities. Happiness is determined by how much information and affection flows through us covertly every day and year. — David Brooks