Napoli Velata Quotes & Sayings

But I knew that someday I was going to die. And just before I died two things would happen; Number 1: I would regret my entire life. Number 2: I would want to live my life over again. — Hubert Selby Jr.

It happened and it was impossible and beautiful and then it ended before it even really began, leaving nothing behind but secrets and broken hearts. — Sarah Ockler

I think that the practice of writing every day was what made me remember that writing doesn't have anything to do with publishing books. It can be totally separate and private - a comforting thought. — Nell Freudenberger

Not one woman over seventeen has any faith in her skin tone, and no woman over thirty can ever regard her upper arms with equanimity. — Cynthia Heimel

Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them, for they are very numerous. — John Lubbock

The historical system of mutual pillage and extortion stops here on Arrakis," his father said. "You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record. — Frank Herbert

For how long will insult hurt a person? For as long as he covets self-importance. For as long as one covets temporary [non eternal] things — Dada Bhagwan

Serious reading is hardly a social activity and every halfway serious reader is perpetually subject to a form of coitus interruptus. Family members or friends who lack the desire, the courage, or the opportunity to burst in on you when there's some indication that you could be sexually entwined will seldom hesitate to interject themselves between you and a page, even though the act of reading is often as intimate and intense as a full-fledged carnal embrace. You must take steps to ensure your privacy. — Tom Robbins

Social anxiety results from being around people who are resolutely opposed to who you are. — Stefan Molyneux

Ned looked down gravely at the sword in his hands. "This is no toy for children, least of all for a girl. What would Septa Mordane say if she knew you were playing with swords?"
"I wasn't playing," Arya insisted. "I hate Septa Mordane."
"That's enough." Her father's voice was curt and hard. "The septa is doing no more than is her duty, though gods know you have made it a struggle for the poor woman. Your mother and I have charged her with the impossible task of making you a lady. — George R R Martin

I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they "want to do" and start asking them what they don't want to do. — Amy Poehler

Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village. — Gautama Buddha

It is very beautiful over there. (last words) — Thomas A. Edison

Because the story of your life never starts at the beginning. — Monica Wood

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things. — Hesiod