Donnette Heath Quotes & Sayings

It's a tricky balancing act, finding that point between safety and danger where you can feel both secure and adventurous. I used to read books about fishing by people who had given up jobs and careers to show up every day at a trout stream. What made them do it? They realized, after years of fortifying the walls, of making life safe and secure, that they also needed what was on the other side. — John Zeaman

I would never tell myself, you have to write 20 pages today or something. But I do try to show up. Read what I wrote, fix things. — Celeste Ng

Nature herself has not provided the most graceful end for her creatures. What becomes of all these birds that people the air and forest for our solacement? The sparrow seems always chipper, never infirm. We do not see their bodies lie about. Yet there is a tragedy at the end of each one of their lives. They must perish miserably; not one of them is translated. True, "not a sparrow falleth to the ground without our Heavenly Father's knowledge," but they do fall, nevertheless. — Henry David Thoreau

Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. — Alexis De Tocqueville

When nobody practices what they strongly believe in, that day will be a triumph of prudence. — Bauvard

A samurai was essentially a man of action. — Inazo Nitobe

I'm the one shot, the heir and the spare, so you have to make damn sure your one investment pays off because there's no backup. — Gayle Forman

I've been waiting a long time for last year. But I guess it's just not coming again. — Philip K. Dick

Physically, it completely changed me. I found strength that I never thought I had. And mentally, I mean, it's taught me just patience and letting go, and it's really changed my whole psychological outlook, I think. — Gwyneth Paltrow