Perversene Quotes & Sayings

I call wise man who, while he is innocent , endures insults and blows with a patience equal to its strength. — Gautama Buddha

Moral relativism, a position many find attractive only until they are faced with someone who is doing something really, really wrong. — Peter Singer

All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true. — Ernest Holmes

A boy from Brooklyn used to cruise on summer nights.
As soon as he'd hit sixty he'd hold his hand out the window,
cupping it around the wind. He'd been assured
this is exactly how a woman's breast feels when you put
your hand around it and apply a little pressure. Now he knew,
and he loved it. Night after night, again and again, until
the weather grew cold and he had to roll the window up.
For many years afterwards he was perpetually attempting
to soar. One winter's night, holding his wife's breast
in his hand, he closed his eyes and wanted to weep.
He loved her, but it was the wind he imagined now.
As he grew older, he loved the word etcetera and refused
to abbreviate it. He loved sweet white butter. He often
pretended to be playing the organ. On one of his last mornings,
he noticed the shape of his face molded in the pillow.
He shook it out, but the next morning it reappeared. — Mary Ruefle

I think Psycho Sam is closer to the real me in some ways which is frightening to admit, but I guess ... I mean, I'm definitely into the paranormal. — Rhys Darby

We begin to live authentically only where philosophy ends, at its wreck, when we have understood its terrible nullity, when we have understood that it was futile to resort to it, that it is no help. — Emil Cioran

The Impossible Dream": The song I hear in my head whenever life throws me a major crisis. — Jeffrey L. Campbell

The prospect of getting rich is highly motivating, and few people get rich without taking a gamble. — Peter L. Bernstein

Why waste money on psychotherapy when you can listen to the B Minor Mass? — Michael Torke

But as Hegel teaches us, beginnings are necessarily problematic. (As are endings.) How can I describe my first encounter with Ana fairly, when my understanding of her essence has passed through infinite iterations over the past four and a half years? My — Alena Graedon

No cloud can overshadow a true Christian but his faith will discern a rainbow in it. — Thomas Hartwell Horne

Must you go? I was rather hoping you'd stay and be a ministering angel, but if you must go, you must."
"I'll stay," Will said a bit crossly, and threw himself down in the armchair Tessa had just vacated. "I can minister angelically."
"None too convincingly. And you're not as pretty to look at as Tessa is," Jem said, closing his eyes as he leaned back against the pillow.
"How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun."
Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong. — Cassandra Clare

May I ask a personal question?" She looked at him. He waited until she nodded. "That dragon tattoo ... Why did you get it?" "You didn't see it before?" He smiled all of a sudden. "I mean I've glanced at it, but when you were uncovered I was pretty busy stopping the bleeding and extracting bullets and so on. — Stieg Larsson

In the God of all creation, we put our faith and trust. And give our lives to you, cause you gave your life for us. — Randy Travis