Laurila Surveying Quotes & Sayings

There's anything I learned from studying philosophy, it's that everything turns to shit - but — Kevin Hearne

he's not real I can take his space. As I get into bed beside him, the strongman vanishes. I pick up my diary and record him: was there, isn't any more. This happened in early July, 2010. I had surgery on the first of the month, and was scheduled to stay in hospital for about nine days. The last thing the surgeon said to me, on the afternoon of the procedure: 'For you, this is a big thing, but remember, to us it is routine.' The operation was to relieve a stricture in my bowel, before it closed completely and created an emergency. But though we had used the latest scans in preparation, neither — Hilary Mantel

I want to catch Mr Whitlam with his pants down. — Malcolm Fraser

After I was caught returning at dawn from one such late-night escapade, my worried mother thoroughly interrogated me regarding every drug teenagers take, never suspecting that the most intoxicating thing I'd experienced, by far, was the volume of romantic poetry she'd handed me the previous week. Books became my closest confidants, finely ground lenses providing new views of the world. — Paul Kalanithi

Alas! I do not believe that inspiration falls from heaven. think it rather the result of a profound indolence. — Jean Cocteau

She wished she could give Isabel a shield, like the ones riot police held, to protect her from male attention, that feeling of being scored each time you walked down a street, the demeaning comments yelled out of cars, that casual sweep of the eyes. — Liane Moriarty

I am afraid of losing what I have already valued. — Rosie Thomas

I know it can be difficult for parents, but I really do believe that kids need to play the predominant role in the choices that go into their own space. — Candice Olson

She relaxed, fitting perfectly into my body. In the crisp, cold February air, we swayed together, moving to our own personal beat. For one moment, we escaped hell. No teachers, no therapist, no well-meaning friends, no nightmares-just the two of us, dancing. — Katie McGarry

I'm not really getting too involved. My position is, Here's the record. I'm at your disposal. — Jules Shear

I'm my own person, and people can say whatever they want. I'm still going to be the person that I am. — Lindsay Lohan

Stanchion, n.
I don't want to be the strong one, but I don't want to be the weak one either. Why does it feel like it's always one or the other? When we embrace, one of us is always holding the other a little tighter. — David Levithan