Mouselikeness Quotes & Sayings

Even the smallest measure of time is greater than the greatest measure of space. Or is that a lie? Does it only seem so to us, because we can never get it back? — Paul Bowles

Thus on Predator Day we meditate on the Alpha Predator aspects of God. The suddenness and ferocity with which an apprehension of the Divine may appear to us; our smallness and fearfulness-may I say, our Mouselikeness-in the face of such Power; our feelings of individual annihilation in the brightness of that splendid Light. God walks in the tender dawn Gardens of the mind, but He also prowls in its night Forests. He is not a tame Being, my Friends: he is a wild Being, and cannot be summoned and controlled like a Dog.-Adam One — Margaret Atwood

We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore. — Javier Bardem

One of the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you'll generally like the person. It doesn't always work in reverse - there are huge numbers of lovely people out there writing not very good books. — Meg Rosoff

It is a duty incumbent on every true deist, that he vindicates the moral justice of God against the calumnies of the Bible. — Thomas Paine

Less isn't more; just enough is more. — Milton Glaser

We have our own little heartbeat, too. We already have what I would call polyrhythms going on. — John Densmore

A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone, even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone. Singleness can give us the kind of backbone - courage, confidence, and leadership skills that an effective Christian must learn. — Leslie Ludy

Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara — Robert Jordan

Gratitude is a way of reducing the importance of what somebody has done for you, — Vipin Behari Goyal

It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work as well as possible. All of us lurch and fall, sit in the dirt, are helped to our feet, keep moving, feel like idiots, lose our balance, gain it, help others get back on their feet, and keep going. — Anne Lamott

Praise and blame alike mean nothing. No, delightful as the pastime of measuring may be, it is the most futile of all occupations, and to submit to the decrees of the measurers the most servile of attitudes. — Virginia Woolf

Sometimes you need to let people do things for you, accept the gifts they have to offer, graciously accept it. It is a gift, Bridget, not a debt to be repaid. — Catherine DePasquale