Praatbox Quotes & Sayings

Jem's eyes had widened, and then he'd laughed, a soft laugh. "Did you think I did not know you had a secret?" he'd said. "Did you think I walked into my friendship with you with my eyes shut? I did not know the nature of the burden you carried. But I knew there was a burden." He'd stood up. "I knew you thought yourself poison to all those around you," he'd added. "I knew you thought there to be some corruptive force about you that would break me. I meant to show you that I would not break, that love was not so fragile. Did I do that? — Cassandra Clare

If I've learned one thing about a woman: they'll get over every damn single tragedy without losing the charm of their smile. — Sarvesh Jain

The Veterans Administration is a scandal. It's corrupt, and what's going on is a disgrace. And, believe me, if I win, if I become president, that will end. The veterans will be treated properly. — Donald Trump

Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. — William Fritz

Don't search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. Whenever we fight, hate, we are in hell. — Shams Tabrizi

Ha, some days ago the same people were one hundred per cent sure that I'd signed for Red Bull! So much for that. — Kimi Raikkonen

Inspiration comes from displacement. Get out of your comfort zone, the rewards are legion. — Bob Lefsetz

I have understood over these last years that in order to believe in God, it is essential to have trust in humanity. There is no God without humanity.

I continue not to believe, neither in God, nor in humanity. — Jose Eduardo Agualusa

Judgment is discernment on a bad hair day. — Mary Anne Radmacher

WHOEVER TALKS ABOUT WHAT DOES NOT CONCERN HIM, OFTEN HEARS WHAT DOES NOT PLEASE HIM! — Anonymous

According to the yoga tradition, fear is the source of disease, decay - physical harm, when we're not thriving. And then finally, it's even the cause of death. — Rod Stryker

What compels any of us to do the things we do when deep down a part of us just wants to break free from it all? — J.A. Redmerski

You have to beat your own problematic imagination to discover what it is you're saying and how to say it and move forward into the unknown. — William Kennedy

What would happen to our lives, our world, if the parent could unconditionally affirm the child, saying in so many words: You are precious to us; you will always have our love and support; you are here to be who you are; try never to hurt another, but never stop trying to become yourself as fully as you can; when you fall and fail, you are still loved by us and welcomed to us, but you are also here to leave us, and to go onward toward your own destiny without having to worry about pleasing us. — James Hollis