P46 Manuscript Quotes & Sayings

Men practice war; beasts do not. — Seneca The Younger

[T]he direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilisation. Not of this or that civilisation but from what we can judge to-day of any civilisation ... [T]he type of man dominant to-day is a primitive one, a Naturmensch rising up in the midst of a civilised world. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

A wound in the soul, coming from the rending of the spiritual body, strange as it may seem, gradually closes like a physical wound. And once a deep wound heals over and the edges seem to have knit, a wound in the soul, like a physical wound, can be healed only by the force of life pushing up from inside.
This was the way Natasha's wound healed. She thought her life was over. But suddenly her love for her mother showed her that the essence of life - love - was still alive in her. Love awoke, and life awoke. — Leo Tolstoy

The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all. — Colleen Atwood

We're not programming to conservatives. We're just not eliminating their point of view. — Roger Ailes

You married me to be your kitchen slave? I thought you wanted my money and my body." "Sweetheart, I want it all. — Sharon Srock

No matter how well a person writes, a successful book is a team effort involving many, many people. — Linda Lael Miller

Read it like a motherfucker. — Cheryl Strayed

You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more. — Alexander McQueen

If you can't help people, then what is the point of being successful? — Matt Damon

A wandering dog of a night wind came in off the sagebrush mesa carrying a bar of band music, and laid it on her doorstep like a bone. — Wallace Stegner

How can you possibly do everything you want to do in life if you start doing a bunch of things twice? — Lorii Myers