Hikayeden Quotes & Sayings

Spirituality isn't static. It's an evolving optimism that won't let hardship get the best of you. — Judith Orloff

My motivation, even in anticipated shame, lay always in others. You can take the woman out of the upstairs, but you can't take the upstairs out of her. — Claire Messud

Especially if you're endeavouring daily to write your own books, you read with a degree of - well, it's hard to forget you're a writer when you're reading. — Patrick DeWitt

What is a left-wing socialist but a Marxist without a gun? — Don Feder

Most Christians never associate joy with repentance. But repentance is actually the mother of all joy in Jesus. Without it, there can be no joy. Yet, any believer who walks in repentance will be flooded with the joy of the Lord. — David Wilkerson

It's very challenging. The most important thing you need as a sportsman is to be clear on what you're actually doing. — Brett Lee

You're my one and only. Just you. You have all of me. Every last inch of my body and every last drop of my soul. — Jessica Ingro

Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country. — P. J. O'Rourke

Only the luckless, the petty or the deranged [end] up in court. — Adam Haslett

Describing the process of making her decision to leave, Patricia said: "It is as if there is a shelf where all your doubts and misgivings are placed while you are in that group. Over the months or years you observe so many things that may conflict with your original beliefs and values, or you see things done by the group or leader that are just not right. Because of the indoctrination and not being allowed to ask questions, you just put it on the shelf. Eventually, the shelf gets heavier and heavier and finally just breaks, and you are ready to leave" (p. 55). — Madeleine Landau Tobias