Mavens Ice Quotes & Sayings

I know it sounds so simple but Love Is All There Is. — Kate McGahan

And spirituality or what you call "religion" is mainly to understand this: that you don't require anything, you are a part of the totality, or reality. — Nisargadatta Maharaj

And yet I am happy. Yes, happy. I swear. I swear that I am happy ... What does it matter that I am a bit cheap, a bit foul, and that no one appreciates all the remarkable things about me - my fantasy, my erudition, my literary gift ... I am happy that I can gaze at myself, for any man is absorbing - yes, really absorbing! ... I am happy - yes, happy! — Vladimir Nabokov

How many times would you do it, you think? How many times would you sacrifice yourself for good?"
"Every time," I answer automatically. — Suzanne Young

A duel, a duel, a duel. Is there anything more exciting, more romantic ... or more utterly moronic? — Julia Quinn

Bob, you know something . . ." Luckman said at last. "I used to be the same age as everyone else." "I think so was I," Arctor said. "I don't know what did it." "Sure, Luckman," Arctor said, "you know what did it to all of us." "Well, let's not talk about it." He continued inhaling noisily, his long face sallow in the dim midday light. — Philip K. Dick

He didn't subscribe to the view ... that spirituality was a fast track to happiness. He believed the opposite was true: spiritual people suffered more than most. — Sophie Hannah

Ideally, you would live in an area that is not necessarily in the middle of the country, out in the woods, because you can isolate yourself there and get stuck in your own thoughts. — Frederick Lenz

Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one. — Dean Koontz

And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it." - Detective Sam Spade — Dashiell Hammett