Deandrea Simmons Quotes & Sayings

( ... )I don't know who I am. I look like Stephen Herondale, and I act like a Lightwood and I talk like my father- like Valentine. So I see myself in your eyes and i try to be that person and I think faith might be enough to make me who you wnat me to be. (Jace, to Clary) — Cassandra Clare

I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. — Ang Lee

Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing. — Lance Armstrong

Every person has a life mission to fulfill. Never attempt to destroy what God has put in another person to do. You don't know God's plans, but Satan will most certainly use you to stop his plans. — Shannon L. Alder

What stunned me was the regular assertion that feminists were "anti-family." ... It was motherhood that got me into the movementin the first place. I became an activist after recognizing how excruciatingly personal the political was to me and my sons. It was the women's movement that put self-esteem back into "just a housewife," rescuing our intelligence from the junk pile of "instinct" and making it human, deliberate, powerful. — Mary Blakely

Death, decay, entropy, and destruction are the true suspensions of God's laws; miracles are the early glimpses of restoration. — Philip Yancey

Beware the man (or jinni) of action when he finally seeks to better himself with thought. A little thinking is a dangerous thing. — Salman Rushdie

No one ever sits you down at age eight and says, 'Aminatta, this is what's happened so far.' You have to work it out for yourself, and by the time you do, it's ancient history to many of the players. We're trying to make sense of the past, so we start to excavate our memories. — Aminatta Forna

Any experience of reality is indescribable! — R.D. Laing

I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father's paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it into my father's hand.
"What's this?" he asked, raising a brow.
"You'll need it to sign my death certificate," I said, pain vibrating my veins against my muscles and bones. "Are we done now?" (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson