Demeures Quotes & Sayings

You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being comfortable in our skin. — Mireille Guiliano

There were so many things going on inside me and on the outside - many beyond my control. However, one thing I could control was to pray and commit myself every day to trust God so He could guide me." - Yilda B. Rivera, Courage Under Fire — Yilda B. Rivera

Christmas Eve, 1955, Benny Profane, wearing black levis, suede jacket,
sneakers and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk, Virginia. Given to sentimental impulses, he thought he'd look in on the Sailor's Grave, his old tin can's tavern on East Main Street. — Thomas Pynchon

We haunt ourselves, I sometimes think; or, rather, we choose to be haunted. If there is a hole in our lives, then something will fill it. We invite it inside, and it accepts willingly. — John Connolly

If your faith doesn't remove the mountain ... Get to climbing. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

All we ask is to be allowed to remain the writers of our own story. That story is ever changing. Over the course of our lives, we may encounter unimaginable difficulties. Our concerns and desires may shift. But whatever happens, we want to retain the freedom to shape our lives in ways consistent with our character and loyalties. — Atul Gawande

With great pleasure she did what was forbidden, because the great advantage of being there was not having to respect the rules and not even having to put up with any major consequences if you broke them. — Paulo Coelho

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden. — Jessica Lange

You will always have doubts, but only discover them at a useful time for your weakness to point them out. — Idries Shah

Oh so what if where related, so what if we're not accepted, love knows no relation, no gender, no boundary. Love is exactly what it is and if no one else can see that, well fuck them — R.J. Seeley

Self praise is no praise at all. — Lord Byron

Grace allows for questions ... and is the answer! EL — Evinda Lepins

They say martyrdom is the highest rank a believer can achieve! Do not believe in this! The highest rank is the life itself, it is the existence itself! There is no rank in death, but only nothingness! Rank exists only in life! Stick to the life, stay away from death! Neither kill nor die! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

To seek out beauty in our work is to make a pilgrimage of our labors, to understand that the consummation of work lies not only in what we have done, but who we have become while accomplishing the task. — David Whyte