Norinne Mcnelley Quotes & Sayings

Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell . . . . — Charles Dickens

We inherited the reactivity of this part of our brain, and particularly the sensitive amygdala, from our skittish fight-or-flight ancestors. Yet so much of the inner journey means freeing ourselves from this evolutionary response so that we do not flip our lid or lose our higher reasoning when facing stressful situations. The real secret of freedom may simply be extending this brief space between stimulus and response. Meditation seems to elongate this pause and help expand our ability to choose our response. — Dalai Lama XIV

Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I'd say I learned by reading the men and women who were doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and trying to figure out how they did it. — William Zinsser

That the object of the Brahmins in giving up beef-eating was to snatch away from the Buddhist Bhikshus the supremacy they had acquired is evidenced by the adoption of vegetarianism by Brahmins. — B.R. Ambedkar

Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences. — Molly Ivins

Softly, Magnus said, "Aku cinta kamu."
"What does that mean?"
Magnus disentangled himself from Alec's grip. "It means I love you. Not that that changes anything. — Cassandra Clare

We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking. — Jacques-Yves Cousteau

He offered his arm and she took it. And the world was the same place.
And forever different. — Mary Balogh

I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time. — Sigourney Weaver

Don't do to others what you would not like to be done to you, if you were in their place. — Rodrigue Tremblay

I do not like violence, but ours is a violent time, and there are some men who understand nothing else. — Louis L'Amour

If you look toward the sunshine, you will never see the shadows. — Helen Keller

Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence, it is almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening [to men] without snickering. — H.L. Mencken