Handsful Quotes & Sayings

Imagination ... is the irrepressible revolutionist. — Wallace Stevens

their house every six months. Or, to be more exact, — Fredrik Backman

It is altogether an extraordinary growing, swarming, glittering, pushing, chattering, good-natured, cosmopolitan place, and perhaps in some ways the best imitation of Paris that can be found (with a great originality of its own). — Henry James

I found out the differences between "the truth" and "all the truth." You can know some pretty terrible things about a person, and you can know they're true. But sometimes it makes a huge difference if you know what else is true too. I read something in a book once about an old lady who was walking along the street minding her own business when a young guy came charging along, knocked her down, rolled her in a mud puddle, slapped her head and smeared handsful of wet mud all over her hair. Now what should you do with a guy like that?
But then if you find out that someone had got careless with a drum of gasoline and it ignited and the old lady was splashed with it, and the guy had presence of mind enough to do what he did as fast as he did, and severely burned his hands in the doing of it, then what should you do with him?
Yet everything reported about him is true. The only difference is the amount of truth you tell. — Theodore Sturgeon

Self-will means believing that you alone have all the answers. Letting go of self-will means becoming willing to hold still, be open, and wait for guidance for yourself. It means learning to let go of fear (all of the "what ifs") and despair (all of the "if onlys") and replacing them with positive thoughts and statements about your life. — Robin Norwood

When I work with young people, I grab energy from them by the handsful. — Peter O'Toole

She sacrificed her life to make things right," Mitchell grumbled. "She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero — Rick Riordan

Sometimes - moments like this - only a song could bridge his heart to God's, filling his senses with truth and hope. — Karen Kingsbury

You want a valve that doesn't leak and you try everything possible to develop one. But the real world provides you with a leaky valve. You have to determine how much leakiness you can tolerate. — Arthur Rudolph

Beastly things, teeth. Give us trouble from the cradle to the grave. — Agatha Christie