Loss From Overdose Quotes & Sayings

More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes, but a kid who did good, who worked hard and met every expectation. I strove to achieve in the excessive way that psychotherapists tend to regard with concern. — James McGreevey

There are nearly 30% of young people who are too fat. So let's take care of the zillions of the too fat before we talk about the percentage that's left. — Karl Lagerfeld

Freemasonry is relevant as much as the actions of Freemasons are meaningful. — Stevan V. Nikolic

The Zen philosophy posits that 'human beings suffer' and 'the cause of suffering is desire.' The way to put an end to suffering is to stop wanting everything, all the time. — Karl Albrecht

Loneliness flooded his whole body like it was a physical sensation, not merely a feeling. Like it was a liquid that had replaced his blood and flowed inside his veins as his heart pumped it through. — Cynthia Kadohata

He was handsome, devilishly so, able to gut you in a second, and look beautiful while you lay there dying. — Brooke Kennedy

Ask a Soviet engineer to design a pair of shoes and he'll come up with something that looks like the boxes that the shoes came in; ask him to make something that will massacre Germans, and he turns into Thomas Fucking Edison. — Neal Stephenson

A young girl she might be, but Daenerys Targaryen was the only thing that held them all together. — George R R Martin

Alexandros points to the bronze sculpture of Socrates. "His society didn't collapse because of an outside aggressor. It collapsed from within, from the complete breakdown of communication between citizens, and the breakdown of loving sentiment for one another. They ganged up and got rid of Socrates because he was an uncomfortable reminder of the glory days of ancient Athens, when /demokratia/--'people power'--reigned and citizens worked toward a greater good. He epitomized the fact that you're meant to stay open to all views, to all human experiences, because that's how you deepen your love for people and of wisdom. That amazing man sacrificed his life in the name of classic Athenian values of excellence and honor and compassion, so one day they might live on. And they did, here in America, for more than two centuries. I'm worried my beloved America is becoming as loveless as ancient Athens in its days of decline. — Christopher Phillips

As your understanding of life continues to grow, you can walk upon this planet safe and secure, always moving forward toward your greater good. — Louise Hay

Downsiders," said the clown, "never look up. — Daniel Keys Moran

My salvation is that I never took any interest in anything. — Arthur Miller