Nonini Premium Quotes & Sayings

Suppose you want your child to grow into someone who is (a) ethical, (b) able to sustain healthy relationships, (c) intellectually curious, and (d) fundamentally content with him- or herself. Anything you do with your children on a regular basis, then, should be evaluated in light of your ultimate goals. — Alfie Kohn

It's such a paradox for them to say, "Oh, my God, I've thrown away my life," and continue to do that for the last month of their life. I shake them, physically shake them, and say, "What about now? What about now?" — Patch Adams

At that age, it's one of the worse things in the world to wake up and not see your bike where you left it. — Curtis Jackson

In a state of mental tumult, conflict and disorientation, he wanders the freezing city night, now gazing at the ice thickening on the dark waters of the Neva, now peering at the great horseman on his plinth with a vague terror, as though the horseman were not the effigy of the city's founder but the herald of four yet more mythic horsemen who are, indeed, on their way to confound Petersburg forever, though they won't arrive yet, not quite yet. — Angela Carter

People do what they have to do to survive, and if they're lucky, they just might find something worth living for. — Lexi DeHalo

Poetry is like passion--it should not be merely pretty; it should overwhelm and bruise. — Kate Quinn