Miswiring Quotes & Sayings

My parents broke up when I was six. Before, I was a very active, naughty child, but after my father left me, I stopped talking. I became very good at hiding my emotions. I felt so ashamed of telling others that I didn't have a father, because that was not common in the 1960s. — Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Students of popular science ... are always insisting that Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism. This is generally believed, and I believed it myself until I read a book giving the reasons for it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Galen turned and looked at Logan. That anger, the seething, festering fury, had come from Logan, and it was tearing his friend in two. — Donna Grant

You move on, or you die. That's the way it is now." "Smile and get over it. Is — Bobby Adair

My voice belongs to me, from God. People will comment, "Your voice helped me through." Maybe it's God in me, because I don't take credit for that. — Aaron Neville

Treat each other the way you would like to be treated. — Peter Steele

So much about life was disappointment. He often wondered how humankind endured so long, and if the few moments when things went right really made up for all the rest. — Brandon Sanderson

Terror and pleasure are linked in us. We are a baldly miswired species, Martie. Terror delights us, both the experience of terror and the dealing out of it to others. We are healthier if we admit to this miswiring and do not struggle to be better than our natures allow. — Dean Koontz

When you're in a bad situation, try to do something that doesn't make it worse.

-- Walking Out of the Dark, page 2 — Steven R. Malikowski

Just like that, those butterflies I'd first felt at twelve made a reappearance. — Morgan Matson

Not knowing is not a problem, not wondering is. — Chase Weir

Mother, you have my father much offended. — William Shakespeare

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination. — Christina Ricci

Self-doubt is common when our efforts fail to bring results. Failure is a rock in our shoe that nags us until we find relief. At first, failure to achieve our desired end will elicit careful scrutiny (What can I do better?) and resumed commitment (How can I try harder?). Success may be achieved - straight As, an athletic scholarship, perfect Sunday school attendance - but the real goal - a happy family, an end to the abuse, or relief from the pain - is always out of reach. — Dan B. Allender