One Sided Attachment Quotes & Sayings

I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and star-sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and difficult trail, leading into the unknown, to any paved highway, and the deep peace of the wild to the discontent bread by cities ... it is enough that i am surrounded by beauty. — Everett Ruess

When an economist attempts to prove that it is "irrational" to vote in national elections (because the effort expended outweighs the likely benefit to the individual voter), they use the term because they do not wish to say "irrational for actors for whom civic participation, political ideals, of the common good are not values in themselves, but who view public affairs only in terms of personal advantage. — David Graeber

In the same moment, I'm also reminded of how little I know about him. How little he shows me. How much he hides himself from me, so that when I finally break, it won't be his fault.
It won't be a quick break, either. It'll be slow and painful, filled with so many moments like these that tear me up from the inside out.
Moments when he leaves.
Because he always leaves. — Colleen Hoover

People here are quite struck aback at Sunday's news of the capture of New Orleans. It took them three days to make up their minds to believe it. The division of American had become an idea so fixed that they had about shut out all the avenues to the reception of any other. — Henry Adams

I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth. — Woodrow Wilson

If you stand near a blacksmith, you will get covered in soot, but if you stand near a perfume seller, you will carry an aroma of scent with you. — Jean Sasson

Read. Learn. Write. Travel. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself. — Youssou N'Dour

Let me light my lamp", says the star, "And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness — Rabindranath Tagore

Holdfast the Dream — Tom Townsend

Misogynist is a word used by women about men who are able to describe women directly and accurately enough to make them feel uncomfortable and insecure about themselves. — Robert Black

The future must enter you long before it happens. — Rainer Maria Rilke

When healthcare is at its best, hospitals are four-star hotels, and nurses, personal butlers at the ready - at least, that's how many hospitals seem to interpret a government mandate. — Alexandra Robbins

Tim believes that entrepreneurship isn't based on an idea or a plan, or even a model - it is based on having a strong competency in something. The way to overcome fear, he claims, is by testing your competency. — Kevin Kelly

Success is finding your own path in life. — Lailah Gifty Akita