Katarakt Quotes & Sayings

People use each other as markers for what's real, so you can't be alone anymore. Solitude draws suspicions.

pg. 163 — S.K. Kalsi

Was the heroic creation of a legion of interested and enthusiastic men and women of wide general knowledge and interest; and it lives on today, just as lives the language of which it rightly claims to be a portrait. — Simon Winchester

If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression. — Toni Morrison

I'm a cynical idealist.' He paused and wondered if that meant anything. — F Scott Fitzgerald

You're going to have to detach from Luke at some point," Jack said. "Maybe you shouldn't have said it to him."
"He's a baby," I said indignantly. "He has to hear it from someone. How would you like to come into the world and not have anyone say they loved you?"
"My parents never said it. They thought you shouldn't wear out the words."
"But you don't agree?"
"No. If the feeling is there, you might as well admit it. Saying the words, or not saying them, doesn't change a damn thing."
-Jack & Ella — Lisa Kleypas

A flower does not lose its beauty because it grew on concrete. — Matshona Dhliwayo

By becoming mindful of our cultural programming, we can step out of it. — Christiane Northrup

He glanced down at the blood-smeared cut on his side ... and realized he wasn't wearing any clothing. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't realized it already. Kind of obvious. It wasn't like he'd been going to take time out to find his clothing before stopping Liam. — Kelley Armstrong

I have now and again tried to imagine the perfect environment, the ideal conditions for reading: A worn leather armchair on a rainy night? A hammock in a freshly mown backyard? A verandah overlooking the summer sea? Good choices, every one. But I have no doubt that they are all merely displacements, sentimental attempts to replicate the warmth and snugness of my mother's lap. — Michael Dirda

the all too human need to conjure symbolic meaning from meaningless events. — Steven Erikson

Focus on yourself
do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda. — Lauren Weisberger

The last time I thought I was going to die, my life flashed before my eyes. I have always hated reruns on TV, so this time I just raised my arms and said "Do your worst. — John Lenahan

Keynes himself had taken the view that capitalism would not survive if its workings were reduced to merely furnishing the wealthy with the means to get wealthier. — Tony Judt

Cheese for dessert is rather like Paradise Lost in that everyone thinks he ought to like it, but still you don't notice too many people actually curling up with it. — Peg Bracken