Quieted Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

I'm probably the only sixteen-year-old girl in a three hundred mile radius who knows how to distinguish between a poltergeist from an actual ghost (hint: If you can disrupt it with nitric acid, or if it throws new crap at you every time, it's a poltergeist), or how to tell if a medium's real or faking it (poke 'em with a true iron needle). I know the six signs of a good occult store (Number One is the proprietor bolts the door before talking about Real Business) and the four things you never do when you're in a bar with other people who know about the darker side of the world (don't look weak). I know how to access public information and talk my way around clerks in courthouses (a smile and the right clothing will work wonders). I also know how to hack into newspaper files, police reports, and some kinds of government databases (primary rule: Don't get caught. Duh). — Lilith Saintcrow

In historical fact, all of history's despots, combined, never managed to get things done as well as this rambunctious, self-critical civilization of free and sovereign citizens, who have finally broken free of worshipping a ruling class and begun thinking for themselves. Democracy can seem frustrating and messy at times, but it delivers. — David Brin

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies. — B.F. Skinner

Oh Izzy, girl how do you let him get dressed. A shame, oh it is a shame to let that man ever put clothes on. — Harper Sloan

Love one another strenuously because it's hard. — Scot McKnight

It's as if our name is both our greatest pride and our curse," I say. — Philippa Gregory

Really, throughout my career, what I've done is taken teams with bad records and with every situation I've made them better. — Don Nelson

When a physical illness or other adverse circumstance arises, humans tend to add to the problem by worrying and increasing the mental anxiety in their situation. Let's take illness as an example. We have to face the fact that life is not always perfect and that disease occasionally happens. When you fall into a painful situation or get sick, the best thing to do is to think about the greater anguish being suffered by so many of our fellow creatures. This is more productive than being concerned about one's own suffering and compounding it with worry, giving too much attention to the pain — Doug "Ten" Rose

I was spinning - from the kiss, the alcohol or the lack of air, I wasn't sure, but I knew I needed to pull away if only just to breath. — Melissa Aragon

Everything else has vanished, so you take them now. Maybe if you're the one keeping them, I'll be the one feeling better. — Daniel Handler

There's just never enough time to read all the books you want. — Emily May