Longreads Laura Quotes & Sayings

Those little people, my brownies, who do one half of my work for me while I am fast asleep, and in all human likelihood do the rest for me as well, when I am wide awake and fondly suppose I do for myself. — Robert Louis Stevenson

I actually told him to f**k himself. And that if he needed an ass to paddle, he should look in the mirror. — Lexi Blake

When the heart is right, the feet are swift. — Thomas Jefferson

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model. — Seneca The Younger

Positive thoughts revive the spirit, restore the soul and make the body healthy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself. — Penelope Lively

If you don't accept yourself, you won't live fully, and if you don't live fully you'll need to get full some other way. — Victoria Moran

A shadow fills the space where he stood, familiar and utterly changed at the same time. "E-Elias?" "I'm here." He hauls me to my feet. He is lean as a rail, and his eyes appear to almost glow in the thickening smoke. "Your brother is here. Tas is here. We're alive. We're all right. And that was beautifully done." He nods to the soldier, who has ripped the dagger out of his thigh and is now crawling away. "He'll be limping for months." I — Sabaa Tahir

Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now. — Jennifer Pahlka

Before you can find God, you must lose yourself. — Baal Shem Tov