Girlxboy Quotes & Sayings

Since I spent much of my childhood being left behind and ignored, one might think that, as an adult, moments of perceived abandonment would feel old hat. The truth is, as an adult, I am always waiting to be left behind. I'm always ready to be discarded and, therefore, I spend a significant amount of time preparing for this eventuality.
I lower my expectations, I don't seek out meaningful relationships, and I don't engage in any sort of real intimacy, physical or otherwise.
Engage is the key word here. Except, when I engage, when it happens, when I'm left behind it doesn't feel old hat. It feels like it did the first time and it takes me by surprise. So, I don't let it happen. — Penny Reid

If you stop to think about it, you'll have to admit that all the stories in the world consist essentially of twenty-six letters. The letters are always the same, only the arrangement varies. From letters words are formed, from words sentences, from sentences chapters, and from chapters stories. — Michael Ende

We mustn't forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals. — Saul Bellow

We grow through our dreams. All great men and women are dreamers. Some, however, allow their dreams to die. You should nurse your dreams and protect them through bad times and tough times to the sunshine and light which always come. — Woodrow Wilson

The only religion that ought to be taught is the religion of fearlessness. Either in this world or in the world of religion, it is true that fear is the sure cause of degradation and sin. It is fear that brings misery, fear that brings death, fear that breeds evil. And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature. — Swami Vivekananda

Forget politics, his father had always said. Just give 'em something they need, or they'll eat you alive. — Joe Schreiber

My artwork gets stolen all the time; it's ridiculous. — Barry McGee

Now, as an astronaut, I have to bring a Sharpie with me everywhere - so I have a pen to sign autographs. — Chris Hadfield

There are no frictions between us, there is only rivalry. — Edward VII

Jealousy likes photos, that's why instagram is such a hit. — Parul Sehgal

Darlin', never doubt that my fears are every bit as big as yours, with commitment topping the list in big bold letters. Don't run away, Callie. I need you to stay," he whispered softly.
"I want to stay," she said just before he kissed her again. — Carolyn Brown

He's looking at me in that way of his that should be illegal or patented, and it's affecting my ability to remember things like my name and species and all the reasons a girl might go on a boy strike. — Jandy Nelson

You're blocking. — Martha N. Beck

Wow, what a cucumber. (Cool, I mean.) Did he know all along that you were watching him? — Rainbow Rowell

The fact that your voice is amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other does not confer upon you greater wisdom or understanding than you possessed when your voice reached only from one end of the bar to the other. — Edward R. Murrow

Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy. — Louisa May Alcott