Lukhanyo Mbekweni Quotes & Sayings

The reason why we obtain no more in prayer is because we expect no more. God usually answers us according to our own hearts. — Richard Alleine

There will always be cougars outside. It's such a chick thing to think life should go on forever — Chuck Palahniuk

The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.' — Christopher Buckley

I laugh. Sweetheart, save your piggy-bank change. If your dog's missing, put up flyers. If a guy dumped you for a hotter girl, stuff your bra and make him jealous. That advice, it's all free, by the way, 'cause that's how I roll. — Jodi Picoult

There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway. — Lemony Snicket

I don't have a car."
His eyes sliced into mine.
"I walked here," I explained. "I'm on foot."
"Angel," he said in a way that sounded like he sincerely hoped I was joking. — Becca Fitzpatrick

She felt almost guilty that she had handed some of her grief to him, and then she felt close to him for his willingness to take it and hold it, in all its rawness, all its dark confusion. — Colm Toibin

It was excruciating at first, getting over Trip. Not that I ever really did, mind you. But during those first years, I had no other choice but to go on with my life. Because do you ever really get over your first love? Even during your twenties, when you experience that initial taste of being a grown-up ... that teenager still lives inside you. That person you were before the world started telling you how to be, what to say, who you should be with. Before you lost yourself in expectations and plans, and could just be a work-in-progress with only the vaguest results in mind. — T. Torrest

My goal was to show that even if people work in a garage or a supermarket, they have very funny things to say. We never hear their voices. — Michel Gondry

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be. — James Jones

I don't feel depressed. I feel elated. — Richard Dawkins

What's unique about [4chan] is that it's anonymous, and it has no memory. There's no archive, there are no barriers, there's no registration ... That's led to this discussion that's completely raw, completely unfiltered. — Christopher Poole

I am an idle devil. But at least I work at it. — Helen Cresswell

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years. — Stendhal

You may think that you don't want to read about the problems of being brought up Mennonite, but the great thing about books is that you'll read anything a good writer wants you to read. — Nick Hornby