Kouzounian Quotes & Sayings

Like a lot of people, she thought love solved everything: just smear it over the problem, and it'll all work out. Then they had the arrogance to pity you if you saw things more rationally. — Kay Kenyon

This moment, this one position in time, was the happiest I will ever be as long as I am living. I have since felt it was too happy, that men are not meant to have access to this kind of satisfaction; certainly it has tempered every moment of happiness I have experienced since. — Patrick DeWitt

Clearly the secret of happiness ... is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping. — Stef Penney

Self-awareness: it is one of the chief bonuses of advancing age. It is our consolation prize. — Louise Doughty

That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters to be brought to life and you don't want to disappoint. — Rebecca Romijn

I averted my eyes, looked around, and stumbled through all the faces in the room till they finally rested on his. He was standing like a scared bird, waving one wing and using the other to hide his scar. Aya Rabah- Scars — Refaat Alareer

Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called it over the centuries, we often find ourselves surrounded by bossy, hectoring voices trying to short-circuit our personal experience by super-imposing their own disappointments. Much of this bossiness masquerades as an education. — David Whyte

He does not deserve this. He has done many things, not all good, but he does not deserve this. And he never did get his priest. — Neal Shusterman

Never in her life had she seen such literary men. They were incredibly vain, but made no secret of it, as though they were so on principle. Some (though by no means all) turned up drunk, but they seemed to regard it as some new manifestation of grace they had discovered only the day before. They all appeared to be quite extraordinarily proud of something. On all faces was written that they had only just discovered some highly important secret. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I set out very calculatedly to become known. The only thing I maybe miscalculated was how easy it would be. — Jim Valvano

Spending time on 18th-century ships in Tahiti when I was 17 was quite unusual. — Dexter Fletcher

I'm not a sentimental guy. — Gene Hackman

Perfect study is the key to being effective in the land of your calling — Sunday Adelaja

The purpose of God is far greater than your own personal fulfillment or your peace of mind, or even your happiness, your family, your career or even your dreams and ambitions. — Moroaswi Tumiso Victor

Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials. — Leon Jouhaux