Poetenalinha Quotes & Sayings

Words outlive people, institutions, civilizations. Words spur images, associations, memories, inspirations and synapse pulsations. Words send off physical resonations of thought into the nethersphere. Words hurt, soothe, inspire, demean, demand, incite, pacify, teach, romance, pervert, unite, divide. Words be powerful. — Inga Muscio

Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day,
Charm'd the small-pox, or chased old age away;
Who would not scorn what housewife's cares produce,
Or who would learn one earthly thing of use? — Alexander Pope

Humanity is waiting for us. Not to hear about our actions, but to see our actions. — Hany El-Banna

YOUR values determine your behavior, not what you think she wants, not what you think others want, but what is best for you and best for the relationship. — Mark Manson

It's weird how I am constantly surprised by the passage of time when it's literally the most predictable thing in the Universe. — Randall Munroe

I don't care about revenues. — Jack Ma

What distinguishes Buddhism from any other faith I've studied - from most human beings, really - is that the people who face the wall and the people who face away from it have never fought a war over it. They're never going to agree ... but they feel no need to. Buddha himself is supposed to have said, People with opinions just go around bothering each other. — Robert A. Heinlein

Have you ever been in love with someone so badly that you'd do anything for them? That no matter what you want, you want their happiness more? — Alma Katsu

Later I will see
there is a poem on the back of each wing. Poems that are not about us,
but are about trees and teacups,
fields and glances. Not about us,
but about the things we hold dear.
The moments we both collect
by living our lives, together and alone. Rearranged alphabets, dream-remnant wonder, the seat of our love. — David Levithan

... just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story. — Miriam Toews

When you see people suffering and dying and hungry, this job gives you the ability to do something about it. — Frank R. Wolf

Somehow, you realize you can kind of do anything in music. You don't have to be good at a certain thing; you can just do whatever you want. — Matt Berninger

I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty. — Octavia Spencer

I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another. — Amartya Sen