Debilitating Arthritis Quotes & Sayings

For truly in nature there are many operations that are far more than mechanical. Nature is not simply an organic body like a clock, which has no vital principle of motion in it; but it is a living body which has life and perception, which are much more exalted than a mere mechanism or a mechanical motion. — Anne Conway

When I go into the editing process, I re-look at the original intuitive thoughts and then it becomes the written performance or text work. Because they look quite big there's this assumption that there isn't much editing, but that's a huge part of it. — Sue Tompkins

If oil exploration can threaten a place as beautiful and meaningful as Virunga, where next? — Anna Friel

For the first time in her life she found herself failing at something. — Jane Green

Something about seeing his father in his heavy, dark armored clothes, his broadsword strapped across his back, reminded Alec of being a child again, when his father had been the biggest, strongest and the most terrifying man he could imagine. And he was still terrifying. — Cassandra Clare

They campaigned on contempt for the body they sought to join. — Rick Perlstein

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man. — Phyllis McGinley

Life is "heavy" is it not? However, we lighten it with our love of it ... and I have found that whether returned or no ... that love is always worth it. It is the loving that is the gift of life, and whether bittersweet from loss, or returned in another's eyes, we are blessed to have had its presence in our lives ... — Gloria Smith

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well. — Gary Sheffield

Writing is something I do everyday. If I waited for inspiration, I'd never get anything done. — Lawrence C. Connolly

In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs. — Paulo Coelho

I find that writing is the silver lining of life, allowing me to transform vexing experiences into fresh story ideas...after much vexed venting. — Laura Quinn

We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimates' faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements of everyday objects. These may be messages from God or tricks of the eye, but in neither case are we permitted to ignore them. — Anna Godbersen