Laisves Quotes & Sayings

Love, it seems to me, is that condition in which one is most contentedly oneself. If this sounds paradoxical, remember Rilke's admonition: love consists in leaving the loved one space to be themselves while providing the security within which the self may flourish. As a child, I always felt uneasy and a little constrained around people, my family in particular. Solitude was bliss, but not easily obtained. Being always felt stressful- wherever I was there was something to do, someone to please, a duty to be completed, a role inadequately fulfilled: something amiss. Becoming, on the other hand, was relief. I was never so happy as when I was going somewhere on my own, and the longer it took to get there, the better. Walking was pleasurable, cycling enjoyable, bus journeys fun. But the train was very heaven. — Tony Judt

Suffiseth this to proove my theame withall,That every bullet hath a lighting place. — George Gascoigne

Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine. — Richard Selzer

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person. — Henry Rollins

Envy is an insult to oneself. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play. — Jon English

He's a buying dude, and I've got to sell him something - like my credibility. (On sale Today through Labor Day.) — Jarod Kintz

It is impossible for one man both to labor day and night to get a living, and at the same time give himself to the study of sacred learning as the preaching office requires. — Martin Luther

The fish who keeps on swimming is the first to chill upstream. — Nick Hexum