Ksebbillonline Quotes & Sayings

When he was alive, you shared a great affinity. A love of writing, books, Shakespeare, journalism, a certain way of looking at the world," Marla says. "You must have felt very validated by him, understood for who you were. Your incredible connection to him was very empowering. — Donna Jackson Nakazawa

To Hegel, history was like a running river. Every tiny movement in the water at a given spot in the river is determined by the falls and eddies in the water higher upstream. But these movements are determined, too, by the rocks and bends in the river at the point where you are observing it.
the history of thought
or of reason
is like this river. The thoughts that are washed along with the current of past tradition, as well as the material conditions prevailing at the time, help to determine how you think. You can therefore never claim that any particular thought is correct for ever and ever. But the thought can be correct from where you stand — Jostein Gaarder

There was no reason not to be blunt.
"Are you dating Maddison Lockehart?"
"Are you?"
"What?"
He said it so quickly I didn't catch it. I had said "no" without thinking, but hadn't really heard what he had said.
He had asked me if I was dating Maddison. That was ridiculous.
"I'm serious, Victor."
"So am I. And I see you are talking to me again." I sensed amusement in his voice but saw no sign.
"Victor-"
"Are you dating Maddison, Piper?"
"No, I'm not." I replied gritting my teeth.
"Neither am I," he replied. — Michelle Flick

God is an oppressor, He is incapable of human sympathy; behind a smiling face He hides an evil heart. — Louis De Bernieres

If you want to be a true citizen then, be. — Santosh Kalwar

All of us. All of us. We're doomed. — David Mamet

I'm always hearing music in terms of what I can take out of it, and I think I've always listened like that. I have a hard time just listening for pleasure. I'm much less about instinct, and more of a utilitarian listener. — Sufjan Stevens

You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don't have a good script, it doesn't mean a thing. — Tippi Hedren

People who pretends to be your friends when they're so not — Tessa Intanya

I don't deserve a love story. Not anymore. Love stories aren't written for girls who could do what I just did to my brother, for girls with black hearts. — Jandy Nelson

There is no fact or fiction, reality or illusion, there is only the trick of perception. — Debasish Mridha

Some mate," Karl Framm said with contempt. "Hell, that little stern-wheeler we're chasin' don't draw nothin'. After a good rain, she could steam halfway across the city of N'Orleans without ever noticin' that she'd left the river. — George R R Martin

What does the absolutely final deadline apply to? What book?"
If there was one book that did not cry out for a sequel, it was "Death of a Doge". "Don't you remember what an awful time you had writing that book? — Martha Grimes

People get their benefits as individuals but we all pay the cost together, same as the doomed mice of Gough island. The problem is not just fossil fuel emissions either, humans are killing rhinos, elephants, gorillas, and countless other endangered animals for no reason other than to make a few bucks. Put another way, those of us in the Western world have allowed things to get so unfair that while I stop at a Star Bucks drive-through on the way home to get a fifth of my daily required calories from a sugar-filled ice drink, someone on the other side of the world is eating an endangered fruit bat because they have no other way to get their protein. That is where acting naturally has gotten humans so far. — Dan Riskin