Lailani Martinez Quotes & Sayings

It was one of those things everyone had an opinion about - that it was what you had when you didn't have anything else, that family was always there, that blood was thicker than water, whatever. But when Nailer thought about it, most of those words and ideas just seemed like good excuses for people to behave badly and think they could get away with it. Family wasn't any more reliable than marriages or friendships or blood-sworn crew, and maybe less. — Paolo Bacigalupi

You become like that, what you admire most. By admiring excellence and practicing, it can boost you to become excellent. — Mark LaMoure

Maybe. Because he's got to try. Because she is too interesting, too beautiful not to even do anything. — Joe Meno

He was my very own forbidden fruit, one of which I had to keep far far away. — Tillie Cole

Dying is like making love, except you don't get naseous afterwards. — Woody Allen

The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love. — Mother Teresa

If you could relive one year in your life, which one would it be? [ ... ] The upcoming one. — Amor Towles

We believe that every being is divine, is God. Every soul is a sun covered over with clouds of ignorance; the difference between soul and soul is owing to the difference in density of these layers of clouds. — Swami Vivekananda

With her toddler playing on the floor by her feet, his widow now nursed her new baby on the porch of her homeplace, attended by comforting women who sat with their knitting and embroidery and spoke only of happy things. — Lois Lowry