Ostalen Quotes & Sayings

I get into bed and pretend to be asleep. I don't need any of them, not if they're going to react this way when I do well. If I can make it through initiation, I will be Dauntless, and I won't have to see them anymore.
I don't need them - but do I want them? Every tattoo I got with them is a mark of their friendship, and almost every time I have laughed in this dark place was because of them. I don't want to lose them. But I feel like I have already.
After at least a half hour of racing thoughts, I roll onto my back and open my eyes. The dormitory is dark now - everyone has gone to bed. Probably exhausted from resenting me so much, I think with a wry smile. — Veronica Roth

You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. — Richard Bach

He who has no religious affection, is in a state of spiritual death, and is wholly destitute of the powerful, quickening, saving influences of the Spirit of God upon his heart. — Jonathan Edwards

When I was a teenager, most fathers tended to go berserk when I asked their daughters on a date ... I discovered that all fathers go berserk when their daughters start dating. I have to assume this was because all fathers were once teenagers at some point in their lives, so they had no illusions about whether or not the boys were up to something. — Gary Reilly

When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore. — Carre Otis

One who utters speech that isn't rough
But instructive and truthful
So that he offends no one,
Him I call Brahmin. — Anonymous

For us there is only one season, the season of sorrow. The very sun and moon seem taken from us. — Oscar Wilde

The One remains, the many change and pass;
Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly;
Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass,
Stains the white radiance of Eternity,
Until Death tramples it to fragments. - Die,
If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek!
Follow where all is fled! - Rome's azure sky,
Flowers, ruins, statues, music, words are weak
The glory they transfuse with fitting truth to speak. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It's best to only exercise when the air conditioning is working properly outside. A strong wind ensures one doesn't sweat very much. — Bauvard

If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn. — Lee Iacocca

You can kill me when I no longer enjoy a cup of tea — Carrie Tiffany

The organized person ... makes the most of his time and goes to his bed for the night perfectly relaxed for rest and renewal. — George Matthew Adams