Halime Quotes & Sayings

The fact that so many are willing to accept need-based aid signals a fundamental change in the American character. — Nicholas Eberstadt

It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost. — Anna Freud

the mind is a neural computer — Steven Pinker

I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That was motivated by the fact that my young aunt, a sister of my dad, died in her early 20s of a correctable heart disease. — Magdi Yacoub

As a magnifying glass concentrates the rays of the sun into a little burning knot of heat that can set fire to a dry leaf or a piece of paper, so the mystery of Christ in the Gospel concentrates the rays of God's light and fire to a point to set fire to the human spirit. — Thomas Merton

The story line of Kings is so overcrowded, it's hard to keep track. The narrator complains, there's so much going on, Solomon can't love God "wholeheartedly." This is a crucial word. The new Jerusalem opens up a whole new layer of human problems. We are in a fluid world, full of lush possibilities. Religions, jobs, marriages, all forms of life feel like open questions. In this atmosphere, can anybody be "wholehearted" about anything? Cosmopolitan culture, when it thrives, is scary. But it is also thrilling, and the people love it: "Judah and Israel prospered, as many as the sand on the sea; they ate and drank and were happy. — Anonymous

He was in his fifties. He'd wasted his entire life. Such people were very dear to those of us who'd wasted only a few years. — Denis Johnson

Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism. — Tristan Tzara

Marriage, children-you never expect it to end in tragedy. Unless you're me. — Michael C. Hall