Khosroabadi Quotes & Sayings

I did love Ben, in a sense. Because he cooked for me. Because he told me that my body was beautiful, like a Renaissance painting, something I badly needed to hear. Because his stepmother was the same age as him, and that is really sad. But I also didn't: Because his vanity drove him to wear vintage shoes that gave him blisters. Because he gave me HPV. He called me terrible names when I broke up with him for a Puerto Rican named Joe with a tattoo that said mom in Comic Sans. Admittedly, I didn't handle it too well either when, several months later, he moved in with a girl who taught special-needs preschool. I didn't utter the words "I love you" again in a romantic context for more than two years. Joe turned out to consider blow jobs misogynistic and pretended his house had caught fire just to get out of plans. — Lena Dunham

First of all, I want you to know that I believed in the cause for which I died. No war is won without sacrifice. — Elizabeth Berg

In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences. — Miriam Toews

Life doesn't happen to you. You can't just sit on a park bench and expect amazing things to whizz by on a conveyor belt. Life is what you put into it. — Holly Bourne

And how devastating would it be to confide in someone and have the confidence disappear? — David Levithan

You say that you are too busy to meditate. Do you have time to breathe? Meditation is your breath. Why do you have time to breathe but not to meditate? Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important. — Ajahn Chah

Without meditation, I'd probably be dead. — Mike Love

(Athena)"You must have an opinion, then, of who shares with you the distinction of being 'nearly flawless.'"
"There are many," he replied, "who come close."
"But do not equal your level of..." Athena searched for the right word.
"Perfection," Mr. Peterbrook supplied without a hint of hesitation. — Sarah M. Eden