Island Of The Blue Dolphins Setting Quotes & Sayings

The human race is a family. Men are brothers. All wars are civil wars. — Adlai E. Stevenson II

When you accepted your job, you were not chosen solely to fill a position on the organization chart; you were chosen to fill a responsibility. — David Cottrell

each wound a whisper of promise. you can own me because now I know I own you give me more and I'll give you everything — Sierra Simone

So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness! — Bernard Of Clairvaux

Yet I've come to learn that all our stories add up to the same imprisonment. The self-delusion of uniqueness. The festering pretense that we are the same as they are. The gutting of all our passions till we are a bunch of eunuchs, our zones of pleasure in enemy hands. Most of all, the ventriloquism, the learning how to pass for straight. Such obedient slaves we make, with such very tidy rooms. — Paul Monette

If you live the life you love, you get the blessing from above. — Van Morrison

When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes back and reminds you. — Fefe Dobson

Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear. — Allan Lokos

As it turns out, people who cut their work hours often take a smaller hit financially than they expect. That is because spending less time on the job means spending less money on the things that allow us to work: transport, parking, eating out, coffee, convenience food, childcare, laundry, retail therapy. A smaller income also translates into a smaller tax bill. In one Canadian study, some workers who took a pay cut in return for shorter hours actually ended up with more money in the bank at the end of the month. — Carl Honore

I believe things cannot make themselves impossible. — Stephen Hawking

Spend more time doing things that make you forget about the time. — Charlotte Eriksson