Mattiesstrudelhaus Quotes & Sayings

If life isn't dangerous, you aren't living it right. — Morgan Stone

You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say. — Maud Hart Lovelace

[T]he narrative intelligences of our books should leave us feeling a bit pressed intellectually, a bit outmatched, amazed ultimately by the talent of the author who brought such an exquisite intelligence to life." (from article "From the Library of Your Soul-Mate: The Unique Social Bond of Literature") — Bryan Basamanowicz

To navigate in a world without value is to be without rudder or destination, and yet without science, we navigate blind. To many, apparently, blindness is preferable. — Terrence W. Deacon

Sex separation in the classroom leads to a bullshit socio-economic situation perpetuated by people with good intentions. — Darnell Lamont Walker

I sit, but I'm still stiff as a board. My hands are clenched tight, as if I'm holding my tears in my palms and if I loose my grip, they'll come tumbling out. — Lauren Morrill

Some men explained why men explaining things to women wasn't really a gendered phenomenon. Usually, women pointed out that, in insisting on their right to dismiss the experiences women say they have, men succeeded in explaining in just the way I said they sometimes do. — Rebecca Solnit

Dreams provide a kind of wisdom of the heart, an echoing voice of a profound human sensitivity too often lost to us in the reasonable life of days. — Sheldon B. Kopp

I hadn't even realized how desperately I'd wanted love. — Nina Lane

Sometimes the best lie was just the truth left to ripen on the branch too long. — Lou Berney