Halszka Bialystok Quotes & Sayings

To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what is gnawing at your bones. — Terry Tempest Williams

It provides a convenient excuse for arbitrary decisions: asked why it rejected a student, a college can say that he or she looked wonderful on paper but didn't fit into the mix. The image of a fair but fickle process also pumps up the applicant pool: — Daniel Golden

E-books, which made their debut in the 1990s, cut costs even more for both consumer and producer, though as the Internet expanded, those roles became confused. — Joshua Cohen

You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park. — Andy Roddick

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons. — Friedrich Nietzsche

In my judgment, most people don't have the slightest idea of what is actually written in the Old Testament because they, like Dawkins himself, cannot speak the language. The — Brent A. Strawn

Thank you," I tell Xander. "I didn't get anything for you -"
"It's all right," he says, "but maybe - you could -"
He looks into my eyes and I know what he wants. A kiss. Even thought he knows about Ky. Xander and I are still connected; this is still good-bye. I know already that that kiss would be sweet. It would be what he would hold on to, as I hold on to Ky's.
But that's something I don't think I can give. "Xander -"
"It's all right," he was, and then he stands up. I do too, and he reaches for me, pulls me close. — Ally Condie

I have seen many a face that was more good-looking - never one that looked half so good. — Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

It's supposed to have hassles and obstacles. Love is never neat nor easy nor smooth-sailing all the way. Love is about disagreements and fighting and difficulties and making up and adjusting and growing together. It's about passion, it's about getting hurt, it's about laying our neck out in the line for each other. Love isn't about lying down letting your partner steamroll you just because you 'don't want a fight'. — Katrina Ramos Atienza

I supposed that to marry was to be transported to a heaven not only of happiness but of purity and perfection. — Victoria Woodhull

I, on the other hand, am walking through a larch wood and every step I take is history. I think 'I love you, Adriana' and that is history, will have great consequences. I'll behave tomorrow in battle like a man who has thought tonight 'I love you, Adriana.' Perhaps I may not accomplish great deeds but history is made up of little anonymous gestures; I may die tomorrow even before that German, but everything I do before dying and my death too will be little parts of history, and all the thoughts I'm having now will influence my history tomorrow, tomorrow's history of the human race. — Italo Calvino

There is nothing to worry about, honey. Adam has nothing to do with anything." Except that he has something to do with everything. "He's just someone I used to know."

I have to stop myself from breaking out in song. — Samantha Towle

Will you tell Him frankly, that you cannot carry your load, and that you need help? Will you suffer Him to help you in His own way, and be glad and thankful if He will only take you under His care, and direct the whole course of your life for you? — Washington Gladden