Ghazel El Quotes & Sayings

Love is for happy people, not me. — Caragh M. O'Brien

Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [ ... ]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope. But humans are different. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win. — Nancy Farmer

I spent an hour getting ready for work, an hour travelling to work, nine hours at work, and an hour travelling home. By the time I got back, I'd be so tired that I'd just eat my dinner, watch some dumbed-down television and browse the internet. I'd fall asleep. Then I'd wake up and repeat the whole process again the next day. Living — Joss Sheldon

The recognition and the acceptance of the Other's humanity (or humanness) is a maiming of self. You have to wound the self, cut it in strips, in order to -know- that you are as similar and of the same substance of shadows. — Breyten Breytenbach

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices. — Otto Von Bismarck

Human as an intellectual being needs answers about the existence for the purpose of knowing the way to live. — Zaman Ali

I suspect that democracy is not viable in a technologically advanced society. Free people wield too much ability to destroy. — Daniel Suarez

He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies. — Ben E. King

Lori, did you and Adam have a fight? I mean, another fight? A humdinger?"
I snorted. "No, I'm sobbing in Frances's lap because she will marry our father someday and bring back the vegi/soy mayonnaise."
"What's the matter with vegi/soy mayonnaise?" Frances asked.
McGillicuddy wrinkled his nose at the memory. — Jennifer Echols

We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day. — LeBron James

The world seemed to go red. He wanted to scream his outrage, to charge at Skarn and tear the murdering bastard's face off with his bare teeth. But he knew that meant certain death. No, he had to be ice. Not fire, but ice. — Luke Scull

Us ballplayers do things backward. First we play, then we retire and go to work. — Charlie Gehringer