Matthijs Maris Quotes & Sayings

Without craziness, there is no courage. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Love, sought as an escape from the burden of the self, turns rapidly into a captivity. — Hugh MacLennan

So I said, "Hey, Joe," and hoped it was a start. He was startled. He opened and closed his mouth a few times. He made a growling noise deep in his chest, a low rumble that made my skin itch. It was pleased, that sound, like even just me saying his name was enough to make him happy. For all I knew, it was. It cut off as quickly as it started. He looked faintly embarrassed. I scuffed my foot in the dirt, waiting. He said, "Hey, Ox." He cleared his throat and looked down. "Hi." It was weird, that disconnect between the boy I'd known and the man before me. His voice was deeper and he was bigger than he'd ever been. He radiated power that had never been there before. It fit him well. I remembered that day that I'd really seen him for the first time, wearing those running shorts and little else. I pushed those thoughts away. I didn't want him sniffing me out. Not yet. Because attraction wasn't the problem right now. Especially not right now. I — T.J. Klune

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

If all of us make peace as a purpose of our life, how could there be war? — Debasish Mridha

What is courage?" its chorus asked
and the song answered, "It is to give when hope is gone, when there is no chance that men may call you a hero, when you have tried and failed and rise to try again." It asked the same of friendship, answering that "the friend stands beside you when you are right and all others despise you for it. — Mercedes Lackey

I like vibrant colors. — Laura Esquivel

First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. — Aaron Sorkin

The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs. — Thornton Wilder

In everyone's life, there is a line between reality and dreams; but poets don't have that line. — M.F. Moonzajer

Promises are dangerous things to ask or to give. — Maria Edgeworth

For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs. — Miguel

We are going after a targeted group of businesses that are creating opportunities for themselves using other people's property. The Internet has very little to do with this. — Hilary Rosen

At night, I think about these things. I'm pleased with what I know, but now I think much more about everything I could have known, which was so much more than anything I can learn now and which now is gone forever. — Daniel Mendelsohn