Otakar Quotes & Sayings

He described to her the house he had built for himself, in outside appearance a shack, but delightful inside, at least to him. A sleeping loft with a little round window. Everything he needed right where he could put his hand to it, out in the open, nothing in cupboards. A short walk from the house he had a bathtub sunk in the earth, in the middle of a bed of sweet herbs. He would carry hot water to it by the pailful and lounge there under the stars, even in the winter. He grew vegetables, and shared them with the deer.
(From the story "Powers") — Alice Munro

Souls are made of dawn-stuff and starshine. — Elbert Hubbard

Sweetheart, the right guy will make you a priority. If you find yourself feeling like you're not good enough, it's because he's not good enough. — Steve Maraboli

Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it isn't easy to think of the needs of others. But I have found that if, instead of praying for my own comfort and satisfaction, I ask the Lord to enable me to give to others, an amazing thing often happens - I find my own needs wonderfully met. Refreshment comes in ways I would never have thought of, both for others, and then, incidentally, for myself. — Elisabeth Elliot

I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers. — Barack Obama

You are my favourite part of me. — Jenim Dibie

I do not know what to say, how to tempt you. If you had a price, I would pay it. If you desired particular words, I would say them. I would be anything you want, Jane. Just come back. Please come back.
- Matthew in a letter to Jane. — Charlotte Featherstone

Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me. — David Harsanyi

The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends despite my ineptitude at team sports and my preference for reading. — Harold E. Varmus

We need to put no confidence in the arm of flesh, but rather trust ourselves entirely to the arm of the Lord. — Joyce Meyer