Distinctly Synonym Quotes & Sayings

We aim for the higher calling of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Step off assuredly into the blank of your own mind. Something will come to you. Although at first You nod through nothing like a fogbound prow, Gravel will breed in the margins of your gaze — Richard Wilbur

Lily slumped, putting her shaking hands on his shoulders. "But you will, won't you?" Pansy's voice broke into a sob.
"Yes, Pan," Galen said quietly.
"I don't like that," Pansy said. Galen stood and put his arms around the fine-boned girl, while Rose continued to comfort Lily. Oliver looked away. It was such a private moment; he hated to intrude on it. Galen was beloved by all of the sisters, but the love between him and Rose was so clear and shining that it hurt to look at them, spending their last hours together caring for the other girls. — Jessica Day George

I was very protected growing up. My dad was very strict with me. I was the oldest of four kids, and there are three girls. So I kind of paved the way of what it was like to raise a teenage daughter. — Dominik Garcia-Lorido

While Lou loved the raucous music, loud voices, and chaotic movement of a dinner rush, the calm of prep-work soothed her soul and gave her time to think. Some people did downward dog, some burned incense in front of a Buddha statue, some prayed the rosary; Lou chopped the vegetables into tiny squares, filleted fish, and reduced veal stock. Her meditation smelled better, and even if she didn't find a solution, at least she got to eat. — Amy E. Reichert

And whenever I had menstral cramps, I could just pretend that Voldemort was close. — Jenny Lawson

Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first. — Zephyr Teachout

You don't understand what makes you understand what makes your life better until you take something that makes it so much worse and you embrace that. — Adam Duritz

I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly. Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it. The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind. The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind. — Agnes Martin

Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul. — Anne Robinson

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty. — Thomas Jefferson

I shall never love anybody. I can't love people. I hate them.'
'The time will come, dear, the time will come. — George Eliot

It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke. — Carla Bley