Mogadorian Memes Quotes & Sayings

I have been about the world long enough to know that God's plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form that we expect and demand. — Ellis Peters

True honor cannot be taken. — Bree Despain

An empty cab drove up and Sarah Bernhardt got out. — Arthur Baer

The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence. — Virginia Woolf

Why I can't stand this phrase about I don't have any permanent enemies, any permanent friends, only permanent interests. I can't stand that. It's a matter of principles. What kind of integrity, what kind of morality do you have? — Cornel West

New gods arise when they are needed. — Josephine Winslow Johnson

I want to be clear that at this stage I am not making a judgment about whether a society of this kind really deserves to be characterized as "hypermeritocratic." It is hardly surprising that the winners in such a society would wish to describe the social hierarchy in this way, and sometimes they succeed in convincing some of the losers. — Thomas Piketty

The longer you chase the wrong person, the further you travel in the wrong direction. You're better than that. — Steve Maraboli

For I do not love the oppressed. I love those whom I love, who are always handsome and sometimes oppressed but stand up and rebel — Jean Genet

Each loss was a lesson, each win a thrill. Every day pieces of the puzzle fell together. Whenever — Josh Waitzkin

He said her name, repeatedly, so that she never lost the sound of his voice around it. So that every time someone called her name, she would be able to hear only Aman Erum. — Fatima Bhutto

You're aware there are things you once valued and were proud of in yourself, but they exist at a remove now, because they're overwhelmed by the question of whether they would be good and acceptable to him. Morality, ambition, desire, pleasure all take a backseat to, What would he think of this, and how shall I describe it to him? All you care about is maximizing his impression of you. — Chris Kraus

Sometimes we bring to a struggle or cause the gifts we see most clearly, a courage, a strength, or a charm others have told us we have. But often we find more is asked of us than that, more than we intended or thought we possessed. We are asked to offer that which we thought dearest, to forgive what seemed unpardonable, to face what we feared the most and endure it. Sometimes we have to travel to the last step a path that was not of our own choosing. But I promise you this ... it will lead to a greater joy in the end. The difficulty is that the end is beyond our sight, it is a matter of faith, not of knowledge. — Anne Perry

You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. — Suze Orman