Kiled Grass Quotes & Sayings

The world is terrible," said Mark tonelessly. "And some are drawn down into it and drown there, and some rise above and carry others with them. — Cassandra Clare

Knowing what to do with time is the first step to take when you lose your job — Sunday Adelaja

But you know, my former life as a bibliophile, it possibly kept me from murdering somebody, myself included. it kept me from being an industrialist. it allowed me to endure some women that most men would never be able to live with. it gave me space, a pause. it helped me to write this. — Charles Bukowski

Bedevil the devil and devil be dammed. I fear no devil and bow to no man.
- Adam Black — Karen Marie Moning

Everything about [chance] scares the bejesus out of so many people; it's the this thing they try to avoid at all costs. Don't travel to the Middle East these days - there's a chance something could happen. Don't get involved with that new fellow on Creamery Street - I hear a lot of mud was scraped off his floor after the divorce. Don't have your baby at home - there's a a chance something could go wrong. Don't don't don't ... Well, you can't live your life like that! You can't spend your entire life avoiding chance. It's out there, it's inescapable, it's a part of the soul of the world. There are no sure things in this universe, and it's absolutely ridiculous to try and live like there are! — Chris Bohjalian

Freedon is a scary thing. Most people don't want it. — Laurie Anderson

Let someone else have a lucky day, Anna. — Sarah Ockler

I looked up at the giant Jumbotron television screen. There on the screen I saw President Bush, standing, saluting the flag. They then split the image in half. On one side was the president, his hand over his heart. On the other side was me, Lopez Lomong, the lost boy carrying the flag of his new home. I am no longer a lost boy or an orphan. The flag in my hand is my identity; it is who I am now and who I never was before. — Lopez Lomong

It's strange how a person can have a distinct distaste for herself, but still she clutches on to life. — Franny Billingsley

Inside my soul a treasure is buried.

The key is mine and only mine.

How right you are, you drunken monster!

I know: the truth is in the wine.

("The Unknown Lady") — Alexander Blok

loginfo:devswota:: — Anonymous

If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery. — Charles Krauthammer

Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe ... Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath, we can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice. — Ajahn Chah