Plinio Apuleyo Quotes & Sayings

Never give up on anything you haven't done absolutely everything to save. Even if what you're saving, kills you. — Pleasefindthis

Private moments held not a candle to coitus, not even the expensive kind of candle that made the whole room smell of far off seasons. — Thomm Quackenbush

I'm tired of being what everyone else has made me," I said. "I want to be myself." "Don't be a child." I looked up, startled and angry, though of course there was nothing to see. "What?" "You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I'm tired of your whining. — N.K. Jemisin

Nothing may be more selfish than remorse ... — Margaret Deland

The same suffering is much harder to bear for a high motive than for a base one. The people [during World War II] who stood motionless, from one to eight in the morning, for the sake of having an egg, would have found it very difficult to do in order to save a human life. — Simone Weil

But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise. — Suzanne Collins

Great things await you. You have a lifetime of amazing dreams to fulfil and noble ambitions to achieve — Maxwell Grantly

...shiny trinkets and frivolous spending make people forget what world they're living in. — Beth Lewis

Suddenly I am furious, that with my life on the line, they don't even have the decency to pay attention to me. That I'm being upstaged by a dead pig. — Suzanne Collins

I do not play the instrument In longing but in quest Not to be undertaken Not to be lost In a forest of bliss. — Katy Lederer

Even if you're in the thick of revising another work, write something new. Something small. It's important to keep telling yourself stories. — Don Roff

Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want. — Jennifer Aniston

Do you think," said Candide, "that mankind always massacred one another as they do now? Were they always guilty of lies, fraud, treachery, ingratitude, inconstancy, envy, ambition, and cruelty? Were they always thieves, fools, cowards, gluttons, drunkards, misers, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, and hypocrites?" "Do you believe," said Martin, "that hawks have always been accustomed to eat pigeons when they came in their way?" "Doubtless," said Candide. "Well then," replied Martin, "if hawks have always had the same nature, why should you pretend that mankind change theirs? — Voltaire