Hallados La Quotes & Sayings

The mass depiction of the modern woman as a "beauty" is a contradiction: Where modern women are growing, moving, and expressing their individuality, as the myth has it, "beauty" is by definition inert, timeless, and generic. That this hallucination is necessary and deliberate is evident in the way "beauty" so directly contradicts women's real situation. — Naomi Wolf

There were too many problems with wizards and fairies and odd things popping up in the corners of the potato field for anyone to want to invite more supernatural intervention. — T. Kingfisher

Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. — Isaiah

It talked about the isolation felt by gifted young people whose social skills could not keep up with their intellects and who were often ostracized. — Dan Brown

Love is unknown. To open the heart in trust is unknown. They say love hurts. It doesn't have to. — Don Miguel Ruiz

Although no man is an island, you can make quite an effective raft out of six. — Simon Munnery

Listen to your conscience. You have to live with yourself for the rest of your life. — Frank Sonnenberg

The first merit of pictures is the effect they produce on the mind; and the first step of a sensible man should be to receive involuntary impressions from them. Pleasure and inspiration first; analysis, afterward. — Henry Ward Beecher

Acting on desire is more like a craft, a science, an art. It takes careful mindful practice. Be patient and quiet. Listen, observe, take notes. Figure out what you want, privately, and then choose to want it, publicly. Put your desire out in the open. I want to go swimming. I want to bake bread. I want to paint a picture. I want to build a chair. I want to write a book. You act and then you fail. Over and over. And it's better to start failing when you're young, when all you lose is an ice-cream cone or a basketball game or an afternoon of fun. When you're older, the stakes are higher. If adults don't know how to want, then they lose a love, a career, a life. — David Barringer

I don't mind loosing when the other person need for winning is more than mine ... — Adil Adam Memon

The only time I did not know how to be, physically, was when I lost a lot of weight. That was the only time I didn't understand my body. — Dawn French