Orphanington Quotes & Sayings

Rejection is one of the worse forms of pain. Loss is the worst. Grief haunts until you allow yourself to move on. — Angelica Hopes

Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life. — Conor Oberst

When all is said and done, we exist only in relation to the world, and our senses evolved as scouts who bridge that divide and provide volumes of information, warnings and rewards. — Diane Ackerman

The heart is the inner face of your life. The human journey strives to make this inner face beautiful. It is here that love gathers within you. Love is absolutely vital for a human life. For love alone can awaken what is divine within you. In love, you grow and come home to your self. When you learn to love and let yourself be loved, you come home to the hearth of your own spirit. You are warm and sheltered. — John O'Donohue

Though there are things beyond our understanding, for the most part we are the architects of our own unhappiness. — Yasmina Khadra

I don't do that many appearances at conventions. I like to keep them special for me. And for the fans, I hope. — Anthony Daniels

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed? — Caitlyn Jenner

I have made more mistakes than you can possibly imagine," Ned said, "but that was not one of them. — George R R Martin

You are utterly incorrect ... How many irate mathematicians are needed to get you to change your mind? — Anonymous

And it is from inner space, the unconditioned consciousness itself, that true happiness, the joy of Being, emanates. — Eckhart Tolle

I've played an awful lot of repressed people. — Rebecca Hall

My dad was Chinese-American and very conservative when it came to his family's futures. He said if I wanted to have a secure job, I should go into science. So I did what Dad said and went to medical school, but the writing bug never left me. — Tess Gerritsen