David Theroux Quotes & Sayings

Brief and powerless is Man's life; on him and all his race the slow, sure doom falls pitiless and dark. — Bertrand Russell

In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings. — Friedrich Nietzsche

There was something intoxicating about this. I kept wanting to laugh, just at the lavish giddy freedom of it: relatives and countries and possibilities spread out in front of me and I could pick whatever I wanted, I could grow up in a palace in Bhutan with seventeen brothers and sisters and a personal chauffeur if I felt like it. — Tana French

Would Alona be gone before I even got a chance to say good-bye? A real good-bye? One last kiss and the chance to tell her that she'd made my life better even as she'd made me crazy? That we were better together than I would ever be by myself, but that because of her, I would be okay? Not great, but okay, and I owed that all to her?
No. I needed to see her one last time. — Stacey Kade

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you decide to focus on one thing at a time, instead of trying to solve everything at once, and just do that one thing, then you will feel a sudden decrease in stress. — Gudjon Bergmann

Would you rather learn to deal with the truth now than be forced to do so later on? — Celestine Chua

Be an unstoppable force. Write with an imaginary machete strapped to your thigh. This is not wishy-washy, polite, drinking-tea-with-your-pinkie-sticking-out stuff. It's who you want to be, your most powerful self. Write your books. Finish them, then make them better. Find the way. No one will make this dream come true for you but you. — Laini Taylor

It seems to be unfathomable to people that I just happen to be 49 and look good. I am totally capable of accepting myself. — Sharon Stone