Nurre Maestro Quotes & Sayings

After a while, a surprising theme emerged. The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: Develop a strong family narrative. — Bruce Feiler

John [the father] kept saying, "You have a penis. That means you're a boy." One day, Shannon noticed that her son had been in the bathroom an awfully long time and pushed the door open. "He had a pair of my best, sharpest sewing scissors poised, ready to cut. Penis in the scissors. I said, 'What are you doing?' He said, 'This doesn't belong here. So I'm going to cut it off.' I said, 'You can't do that.' He said, 'Why not?' I said, 'Because if you ever want to have girl parts, they need that to make them.' I pulled that one right out of my ass. He handed me the scissors and said, 'Okay. — Andrew Solomon

I've been in many relationships in my life and learned a lot from them, good and bad. — Brody Jenner

Without devotion any life becomes a stranger's story ... told for the body to forget what it once loved. — Marie Howe

Trout aren't naturally as selective as they've become in crowded tailwaters - they've been trained to be like that by too much fishing pressure. I've seen tailwater fish that are so hysterical they'll refuse naturals. You wonder how they get enough to eat. — John Gierach

Pure morality is only an instinctive adjustment which the soul makes. — D.H. Lawrence

Having a rather pessimistic outlook on life makes for the best philosophical discussions; distress is the only real reason to question something; comfort often leads to the inability to change. — Moryah DeMott

Expand your world. (Stories about wizards and spells) are very frequently about power relationships ... — Margaret Atwood

You can't really invest in your looks as the only thing because it's a depreciating asset. It's like putting money into a stock that's going down. — Rashida Jones

Life is an experiment; so keep a realist and believe in miracles. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Just breathing isn't living! — Eleanor H. Porter

It's all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. — Russell Simmons

The monk, Gregory the Great, tells how a nun, in her greed, ate a lettuce without first making the sign of the cross to protect herself against the evil spirits that hide between its leaves, and so she became possessed by a demon. Greetwell — Karen Maitland

To succeed in any undertaking, any art or any trade or any profession, simply keep it ever persistently fixed in mind as an aim, and then study to make all effort toward it play or recreation. The moment it becomes hard work, we are not advancing. — Prentice Mulford