Lisais Chester Quotes & Sayings

It seemed like an original act, the very kindest act of being human, that he listened. — Sue Woolfe

Occasionally indulging in a do-nothing day is more than worth the price. — Malcolm Forbes

Ah, dream too bright to last!
Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise
But to be overcast!
A voice from out the Future cries,
"On! on!" - but o'er the Past
(Dim gulf!) my spirit hovering lies
Mute, motionless, aghast. — Edgar Allan Poe

The truly important problems are often the ones you're not even considering, because they appear to be impossible, or, um, actually difficult, or worst of all, not clear how to solve. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

God's love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God's love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves. — Simone Weil

If someone's a cartoon villain, you can dismiss them, but if they behave despicably but you kind of like them, they really get under your skin. — Michel Faber

Alex!" Brittany yells my name from the front of the gallery.
I'm still smoking and trying to forget that she brought me here because I'm her dirty little secret. I don't want to be a fucking secret anymore.
My pseudo-girlfriend crosses the street. Her designer shoes click on the pavement, reminding me she's a class above. She eyes Mandy and me, the two blue collars, smoking together.
"Mandy here was about to show me her tattoos," I tell Brittany to piss her off.
"I'll bet she was. Were you going to show her yours, too?" She eyes me accusingly.
"I'm not into drama," Mandy says. She throws down her cigarette and smashes it with the tip of her gym shoe. "Good luck, you two. God knows you need it. — Simone Elkeles

But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations. — John McCain

An individual action, multiplied by millions, creates global change. — Jack Johnson

Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts. — J.R.R. Tolkien

You never really see me acting a fool on TV. — Vinny Guadagnino

Let Sporus tremble - "What? that thing of silk,
Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk?
Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel?
Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?"
Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded wings,
This painted Child of Dirt that stinks and stings;
Whose Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys,
Yet Wit ne'er tastes, and Beauty ne'er enjoys, — Alexander Pope

Our sentimentality toward animals is a sure sign of the disdain in which we hold them. Sentimentality is nothing but the infinitely degraded form of bestiality, the racist commiseration. — Jean Baudrillard

It is the writer's job to craft a story so compelling that strangers will pay to hear it. — Seeley James