Obrando Quotes & Sayings

Here they have no time for the fine graces
of poetry, unless it freely grows
in deep compulsion, like water in the well,
woven into the texture of the soil
in a strong pattern. — Iain Crichton Smith

HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act of heroic genius. Pleasure is our birthright. Receptivity is a superpower. — Rob Brezsny

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had. — Joshua Lederberg

I think I underestimated the way people bracket you. — Sienna Miller

The memory of having sat at someone's feet will later make you want to trample him underfoot. — Soseki Natsume

Strength comes from giving yourself to another. It comes from deep in your heart, the very thing you share with that other person. It comes from knowing that fear isn't an option where a future is so certain. — Emma Hart

While art should never become exclusionary and elitist, any culture which fails to support its artists is only contributing to its own impoverishment. (Beyond Religion, p. 122) — David N. Elkins

His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears. "Hey, Boo," I said. — Harper Lee

Having their feelings make sense is how people get their kicks. — Mark Vonnegut

I'm not even the most influential person in my own house. — Jeff Kinney

Besides, 99 hundredths of all the work done in the world is either foolish and unnecessary, or harmful and wicked."

Herman Melville — Peter Wortsman

Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more. — John McCarthy

O Innocence, with laughing eyes! Thou art a cherub from the skies, A wanderer from heaven. — Harvey Rice

Don't waste your time thinkin' about bad things. — Jimi Hendrix