Purposethat Quotes & Sayings

Words are more for strangers, for hospitals, not kin. Little emotional Band-Aids like that aren't what he needs or what's sought ... . I don't know what he needs, or what's sought. — Robert M. Pirsig

There is no other company in the world I've found more pleasurable than my own. For no one else has ever been as accepting of me or as thoroughly entertained by my quirkiness. It is a sweet thing to like yourself. — Richelle E. Goodrich

It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing. — Elmore Leonard

You can't give your heart to a wild thing. — Truman Capote

I believe that what we regret most are our failures of courage, whether it's the courage to be kinder, to show up, to say how we feel, to set boundaries, to be good to ourselves. For that reason, regret can be the birthplace of empathy. — Brene Brown

There is considerable danger that a man will be crazy between dinner and supper; but it will not directly answer any good purposethat I know of, and it is just as easy to be sane. — Henry David Thoreau

Holly Sykes, says Publicity Girl, falling down the sar-chasm. — David Mitchell

Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And yet they inhabit a world which is really rather mysterious. — David Attenborough

Long term debt and bank debt (including off-balance sheet financing must be judiciously employed. There must be room to expand the debt position if required. — Peter Cundill

That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger. That's as maybe. But that which does kill us, kills us, and ain't that a bitch ... — Neil Gaiman

If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn't take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me. — Julian Baggini