Karyla Middlebrook Quotes & Sayings

I remember, as a boy, hearing a Christian missionary preach to a crowd in India. Among other sweet things he was telling them was that if he gave a blow to their idol with his stick, what could it do? One of his hearers sharply answered, "If I abuse your God, what can He do?" "You would be punished," said the preacher, "when you die." "So my idol will punish you when you die," retorted the Hindu. The tree is known by its fruits. When I have seen amongst them that are called idolaters, men, the like of whom in morality and spirituality and love I have never seen anywhere, I stop and ask myself, "Can sin beget holiness? — Swami Vivekananda

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price. — Tahar Ben Jelloun

Love yourself,.,.,.,for the sake of
your better future — John Grisham

You want a favor from me, it's going to involve crown molding or adding extra can lights. I draw the line at amusing your bouche — Lisa Kleypas

If you chuck away too many things, you end up discovering there was value in them. — Prince Charles

All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see? — Nikos Kazantzakis

No new system can impose itself upon a previous one without incorporating many of the elements to be found in the latter ...
... to institute an effective totalitarian system or indeed any system at all, you must offer some benefits and freedoms, at least to a privileged few, in return to those you remove ... — Margaret Atwood

I have to say my favorite stories are ghost stories. I don't like to see these made-up monster films or scary films with ghosts. It doesn't do anything to me. But a real ghost story that someone tells me, that I like. — Sandra Cisneros

...he thought she was going to say those three words, and his stomach did two back flips and a somersault while balancing on a high wire. — Bart Hopkins

I never trusted the police. It was just something you were taught growing up in the ghetto, especially when your father ran dope. "Can — Porscha Sterling

I was naive and thought we could express our feelings to each other- not suppress them and keep holding them back. Well, it was what I felt, and why should I be untrue to myself? I came to believe the importance that if you feel something strong enough then you should say it. — George Harrison

More and more we try to effect an adaptation to life by means of external gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems by conscious thinking rather than unconscious 'know-how'. This is much less to our advantage than we like to suppose. — Alan Watts

Sky. Hope mixed with horror as I searched for Zed, quessing he would not have let his soulfinder walk into this situation alone. I finally identified him as the heavily bearded drummer in the flowery shirt and, yes, socks and sandals. I bit my tongue, repressing the absurd desire to laugh at his fashion sacrifice for our cause. — Joss Stirling

Yes," I said. "Temudjin Oh." I'd long got used to the fact that my Mongolian-extraction surname could cause some amusement amongst English speakers determined to extract a toll of discomfiture from somebody whose name was not as banal or as ugly as theirs. However, there was something about the way she pronounced it that immediately brought a blush to my cheeks. Perhaps the sunset would cover my embarassment. — Iain M. Banks