Defunti Italia Quotes & Sayings

That very afternoon they had seemed full of brilliant qualities; now she saw that they were merely dull in a loud way. — Edith Wharton

If I had my will I would live in a ship on the sea, and never come nearer to humanity than that! — Eleonora Duse

Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant no matter how good the joke. — Paulo Coelho

To her, there was only one shade to every color. She was happy with the one shade. — Susan Meissner

You can't change the feeling
but you can change your feelings about the feeling in a second or two — David Berman

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free. — Jack Henry Abbott

Two kinds of reading can be distinguished. I call them reading like a reader and reading like a writer ... when you read like a reader, you identify with the characters in the story. The story is what you learn about. When you read like a writer, you identify with the author and learn about writing. — Frank Smith

Once a happy old man One can never change the core of things, and light burns you the harder for it. — John Ashbery

Shop smarter and shop less. But please don't let that dissuade you from engaging in campaigns to make real lasting change. — Annie Leonard

The 3 C's of life:
Choices, Chances, Changes.
You must make the choice, to take a chance, if you want anything in life to change. — Unknown

It is only thanks to God that I'm an atheist — Gianni Vattimo

I've always been interested in apologetics, the topic of different world views and, 'Why are we here?' and 'Where are we going?' I grew up in the church, and sometimes kids who grew up in a church can be sheltered and can't engage with people with different world views. — Shane Harper

Compassionate the mountains rise
Dim with the wistful dimness of old eyes
That, having looked on life time out of mind,
Know that the simple gift of being kind
Is greater than all the wisdom of the wise. — DuBose Heyward

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness. — Ayn Rand

Aggression is part of the masculine design, we are hardwired for it ... Little girls do not invent games where large numbers of people die, where bloodshed is a prerequisite for having fun. Hockey, for example, was not a feminine creation. Nor was boxing. A boy wants to attack something - and so does a man, even if it's only a little white ball on a tee. — John Eldredge