Literature Review Direct Quotes & Sayings

All of life is a test. — Pittacus Lore

No one doubts your courage, but you are a headstrong knight and when you choose a way you cannot change your course even if it lead to your destruction. That is your fault and your destiny. — John Steinbeck

Theorists are always saying something. That's their job. They don't need to believe what they're saying. — Anonymous

Our bodies smell, ache, sag, pulse, throb and age. They force us to fart and burp, and to abandon sensible plans in order to lie in bed with people, sweating and letting out intense sounds reminiscent of coyotes calling out to one another across the barren wastes of the American deserts. Our bodies hold our minds hostage to their whims and rhythms. — Alain De Botton

Because people are ever willing to believe the negative over the positive. It's easier for you to think me corrupt and evil than it is for you to see me for what I really am. No one wants to believe that some people are willing to help others out of the goodness of their hearts because they can't stand to see someone suffer. So few people are altruistic that they can't understand or conceive that anyone else in the world could ever put someone else's good above their own. (Leta) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

If you're feeling intransigently ambivalent, it might pay to formally accept what's already happening - that is, decide not to decide. — Martha Beck