Helga's Diary Quotes & Sayings

It was wrong to do this," said the angel.
"You should live like a flower,
Holding malice like a puppy,
Waging war like a lambkin."
"Not so," quoth the man
Who had no fear of spirits;
"It is only wrong for angels
Who can live like the flowers,
Holding malice like the puppies,
Waging war like the lambkins. — Stephen Crane

Jeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong. — Aaron Levie

Anorexia and bulimia seem to be getting much more common in boys, men, and women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds; they are also becoming more common in racial groups previously thought to be impervious to the problem. — Marya Hornbacher

God doesn't expect perfection. All he asks is that we learn from our mistakes and try to do better in the future. He forgives us far more easily than we often forgive ourselves. He also heals the brokenhearted and saves those whose spirit is crushed. — Irene Hannon

There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb ... suggests one day ... for every kilometer run in anger. — Hal Higdon

The effects of her words stung me, and after she stole away I stood a long while before her looking glass, studying my profile, the line I cut in this world of men and ladies. — Patrick DeWitt

I like to wear a lot of one-tone color outfits - same color trousers, same color shirt. — Theophilus London

I had a TV set and a typewriter and that made me think a computer should be laid out like a typewriter with a video screen. — Steve Wozniak

I didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything. — Rupert Holmes

A home isn't only defined by what you need, Bram. It's also about the people who need you — Tessa Dare

Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals. — William Graham Sumner

Life, said Samuel Butler, is like giving a concert on the violin while learning to play the instrument - that, friends, is real wisdom. — Saul Bellow

Doing the smoker's comedy act: he hunted automatically for an ashtray, didn't find one, tipped his ashes into the palm of his hand, ... — Patricia Nell Warren

Meditation is not an act, it is a quality. Meditation is not something that you do - it is something that you become. — Jaggi Vasudev