Libadora Quotes & Sayings

Being told that something was going to happen never prepared you for the actuality of the event itself. — Robert Storey

The way I saw it, I was fully capable of being treated with indifference that bordered on disdain while maintaining a strong sense of self-respect. I obeyed his commands, sure that I could fulfill this role while still protecting the sacred place inside of me that I knew deserved more. Different. Better.
But that isn't how it works. — Lena Dunham

I think the Democrats are actually worried he (Obama) may go to Indonesia and bow to more Muslims. — Rick Santorum

It's only a house when it's filled with people you love. — Andrea Thompson

The goal is not to answer these questions. The goal is to be present to them with all that we are. In a way we are following the poet Rilke's advice when he counseled the young artist, be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along into the answer. — Adam Bucko

Guess what it is that turns plants to coal.
Pressure.
Guess what it is that turns limestone to marble.
Pressure.
Guess what it is that turns Briony's heart to stone.
Pressure.
Pressure is uncomfortable, but so are the gallows. Keep your secrets, wolfgirl. Dance your fists with Eldric's, snatch lightning from the gods. Howl at the moon, at the blood-red moon. Let your mouth be a cavern of stars. — Franny Billingsley

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. — Dave Barry

I've forgotten the words with which to tell you. I knew them once, but I've forgotten them, and now I'm talking to you without them. — Marguerite Duras

This is an age when men hide their deepest fears and instincts behind a mask of rationality. Mankind has become a herd of sheep which does not believe in the existence of wolves. — Chet Williamson

A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish. — B.C. Forbes

As you get older, you have to be willing and able to choose your own path for your life. And once you choose it, you walk it with strength. If you meet evil along the way, know that it is supposed to make you afraid, but it's not supposed to stop you. You walk through the fear and you walk through the evil, and you don't let either one become your master. — Dan Groat

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. — Elisabeth Elliot