Lenguas Vivas Quotes & Sayings

You have told yourself that you have found your knight in shining armor, my brother Rick. Isn't that the truth? You met him and he fit the bill, so you have told yourself a wonderful story and, stubborn brat that you are, you have been clinging to it ever since. After all, what could be more appropriate than for Francesca Cahill, reformer extraordinaire, to fall in love with my reform-minded Republican brother? But wait! Being as this is a love story, there has to be an unhappy middle and the perfect hero isn't quite so perfect after all. For he is married. Oh, wait! It isn't that bad, after all, for as it turns out he is a man of virtue, and he really loves you, while he despises his wife! And did I forget to mention that she is vile and evil? So the story can limp along, and true love might survive after all! Does this sound at all familiar, Francesca?"
"I almost hate you," she whispered. And she felt a tear sliding down her cheek. — Brenda Joyce

We angels are misconceived in the human world. People perceive us as kindly and bountiful; when, in truth, we are about as fluffy, as gentle, as yielding, as rattlesnakes. — Rebecca Lim

If you attempt to build intimacy with a person before you've done the hard work of becoming a whole and healthy person, every relationship will be an attempt to complete the hole in your heart and the lack of what you don't have. That relationship will end in disaster.[1] — Chip Ingram

You have the mainstream bourgeois life of the U.S., Europe, the "developed" world - the life of technology, education, mortgages, careers, a certain level of physical comfort - while on the other hand, several billion people on the planet exist on less than a dollar a day. That's a huge and terrible reality to get your head around. — Ben Fountain

No animal has to suffer for me to live. — Linda Blair

We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as the boys and men are. From the start. — Matt McGorry

Art is either revolution or plagiarism — Paul Gauguin

I loved all the boys with soft sad eyes, and lost souls. — Grace Coddington

I feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters. — Hailee Steinfeld

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

My ambition is to not embarrass myself
which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition. — David Lipsky

Easy way to make someone sound less powerful, just put DJ in front of their name ...
..DJ Abraham Lincoln — Demetri Martin

We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion. — T. S. Eliot