Positive 2nd Place Quotes & Sayings

I'm fine, she said. But her smile was bleak, without light or warmth. And for the first time I thought of what it must be like to know that you were going to die, that the trees would bud, flower, leaf, dry, die, and you would not be there to see any of it. — Anna Quindlen

For the "We" must never be spoken, save by one's choice and as a second thought. This word must never be placed first within a man's soul, else it becomes a monster, the root of all evils on earth, the root of man's torture by men, and an unspeakable lie. — Ayn Rand

This is a reconstruction. All of it is a reconstruction. It's a reconstruction now, in my head, as I lie flat on my single bed rehearsing what I should or shouldn't have said, what I should or shouldn't have done, how I should have played it. If I ever get out of here
Let's stop there. I intend to get out — Margaret Atwood

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. — Edward Stanley

Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. Our life span reflects our particular life strategy. — Cynthia Kenyon

Democracy is the great love of the failures and cowards of life. — R.J. Rushdoony

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved. — Jack White

Like life is short," he said. "Like you don't know when it's going to end. Like some things, left unsaid, can't ever be said. — Jim Butcher

This ensures that when I'm bogged down with day-to-day bureaucracy and details, I don't lose sight of what I really want. — Sophia Amoruso

We're hardwired for connection. There's no arguing with the bioscience. But we can want it so badly we're trying to hot-wire it. — Brene Brown

I die with the dying light, yet shine brighter as the darkness approaches. Soon I'll be whittled to bone and stripped clean through, nothing left but a skeleton on which to hang a hat. But have no fear, I look good in hats. — Chila Woychik

[Ulysses is] the work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples. — Virginia Woolf

If God were small enough for your minds, he wouldn't be big enough for your needs. — Anonymous