Jozette Turner Portland Quotes & Sayings

Charms and oaths and guardian spirits were all the product of a need for something to believe in because people didn't believe in themselves, a need to let problems resolve on their own rather than confront them. People were predominantly fearful of disruption, even of the things they found overbearing, even as they attempted to wish them away. It was why they invented heroes. It was why the world suffered through long periods of stagnation between innovations. Because rather than change the things that needed change, people preferred to cower and wait until a hero arrived to do it for them. Assuming by that point it was not already too late. — Sean DeLauder

And the history books forgot about us, and the bible didn't mention us — Regina Spektor

I imagine we're safe, happy, and truly in love. And I imagine that I can tell her without shame and stigma attached to my words. I imagine it because I don't know if I'll survive long enough to be able to live it. — Lynnette Brisia

The first quest or the first love is also the last. The second isn't. — James Richardson

What starts as gratitude quickly becomes dependency and ends as entitlement — Robert Harris

If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person. — James Dyson