Kafkef Quotes & Sayings

People who live life in fear of taking risks die without living it. — Fola

Some friends are gossips and some are sloppy drunks. If you like them well enough, you ignore this trait and continue to be their friend. — Jennifer Close

I felt like a rug had been pulled from under my feet, my head hit hard on the floor and the pain vibrated through my body. — Kavipriya Moorthy

I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else. — Mark Twain

The world is a divine dream, from which we may presently awake to the glories and certainties of day. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I was working for a chef a long time ago who told me to not skip steps or be in a hurry. Success in a kitchen is more like a marathon and less like a sprint. Rising up the ranks too quickly isn't necessarily a good thing. This advice was from a guy who was sorry he had done that and didn't want me to do the same. — Wylie Dufresne

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. — Gautama Buddha

We have still not answered the question of when an experiment might be justifiable. It will not do to say "Never!" Putting morality in such black-and-white terms is appealing, because it eliminates the need to think about particular cases; but in extreme circumstances, such absolutist answers always break down. Torturing a human being is almost always wrong, but it is not absolutely wrong. If torture were the only way in which we could discover the location of a nuclear bomb hidden in a New York City basement and timed to go off within the hour, then torture would be justifiable. — Peter Singer

Listen! This is where it began but I keep getting muddled ... The fact of the matter is that I now want to recall everything, every trifle, every little detail. I still want to collect my thoughts and - I can't, and now there are these little details, these little details ... — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

What about that graveyard just down the road? Are all the Hilliards buried there?"

"Just the dead ones. — Sonia Gensler

I move my feet, turn away from her, try to pretend she's not there, which is the biggest fucking joke I've ever not laughed at. — David Levithan

Don't get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it's your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways. — Iyanla Vanzant

Yes, but - " I began. "So" - he said authoritatively, holding up a finger to hush me - "if you have been deprived of your earlier life, perhaps it is only that God has seen fit to bless you with another, that may be richer and fuller. — Diana Gabaldon

I don't know why he still cares. What a stupid thing it is, to care about a girl. — Courtney Summers