Federative Republic Quotes & Sayings

Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not. — J.A. Konrath

Man in the flesh is essentially imperfect. He may be described as being made in the image of God but is far from being God. — Mahatma Gandhi

A lot of people never find the person God created them to be. They're too busy trying to live up to other people's expectations, or they try to create themselves in the image of a person they admire or envy. Just because we respect someone or think their life might be more exciting than ours doesn't mean God created us to be just like them. Sometimes we have to ignore the people in our lives so we can hear the voice of God ... But making a decision to put someone else first out of love isn't the same thing as putting them first out of fear. Because you're afraid they won't love you if you don't act the way they might want you to. — Nancy Mehl

Happiness isn't something one finds, it's something one creates. — Marty Rubin

This ego - the less there is of it, the nearer I am to that which I really am: the universal body. — Swami Vivekananda

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses. — Van Wyck Brooks

A lie to me is a dream that might come true. — Malachy McCourt

Moominpappa: "Tell us all that's happening out in the world!"
Snufkin: "Fuss and misery."
- from "Moomin and Family Life" comic strip — Tove Jansson

I just put the reflexes in the proper direction. — Angelo Dundee

Apocalyptic literature was created to speak in a powerful way and with a dramatic seriousness that would match the sense of hopelessness and terror that can easily grip a generation in the midst of a profound crisis. — William J. Abraham

May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. — J.R.R. Tolkien

When you missed someone you became them, that you did things to fill the space they'd left so you wouldn't feel so alone. Standing — Anna Carey

Only Some people feel what is love
Others Just practice sex. — Mohammed Zaki Ansari

Writing does for me what you got in that glass does for you. If I can write about it, I can understand it. And I can put it in the ground. That's all I want to do. — Michael Connelly