Occidentalism Book Quotes & Sayings

I really believe that God puts things in front of you for a reason, even if you don't always appreciate it in the moment. — Amanda Borden

If they had only themselves to consider, lovers would not need to marry, but they must think of others and of other things. They say their vows to the community as much as to one another, and the community gathers around them to hear and to wish them well, on their behalf and its own. It gathers around them because it understands how necessary, how joyful, and how fearful this joining is. These lovers, pledging themselves to one another "until death," are giving themselves away, and they are joined by this as no law or contract could join them. — Wendell Berry

Rivers spill mysteries into the ocean, and the ocean washes the answer to the shore. — Tanja Kobasic

We were never promised precision in this life ... With the gift of agency to mankind, life cannot possibly present a perfectly tidy picture. The ambiguities of circumstances are partly, if not largely, the cumulative result of our varied use of our moral agency, but also of the structure of life itself. — Neal A. Maxwell

God, she can destroy me with just a look. I've faced horrors that no man or woman should have to see and faced them without qualms, but this woman and her two daughters bring me to my knees. — Kristen Proby

The adversary must first be made into a demon before people will accept the war. This was why during the Cold War, the U.S. government became infuriated at any — Mark Kurlansky

I had 2 choices, be silent and get killed, or speak up and be killed, I chose the second option. — Malala Yousafzai

You don't have to compete against the best to be your best. Just compete against your best. — Tony Curl

Common sense has no place in Quantum Mechanics. — Michio Kaku

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of being well-preserved, but to skid sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, still screaming, 'Whoo what a ride! — Theresa Hollis

Gabby," Jenna cried. "It's so horrible. I can't believe this happened."
"Jenna," I said in a soothing voice, "I'm alive and okay. No worries."
She sniffled into the phone. "No, it's not that."
I waited a beat. "What?"
"The bridesmaid dresses are all wrong!" she wailed.
"Wait a second," I said. "You aren't upset over my being dead for four days?"
"I knew you'd be fine," she explained, brushing off the subject. "But these dresses? I don't know what to do. They're the wrong color, and they're hideous!" She went into a hysterical fit of tears. — Laura Kreitzer

Separation
Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color. — W.S. Merwin

There are opposing forces in all living things. My work reflects this and stirs up a contrast of emotions in the viewer ... perception versus annoyance. To the viewer who has reached that level of awareness, my work is no longer abstract, but very real. — Eugene J. Martin

I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything against time with your child. — Debra Winger

THAT NIGHT, AT ONE OF LONDON'S OPEN-MIC SESSIONS, A YOUNG comedian enjoyed his first success, telling the tale of the naked Yank who mugged him for a tuxedo. — Anthony Chapman