Raughn Quotes & Sayings

You know why Wainwright and his kind fear me, don't you?.. They fear that we know the truth about the origins of their faiths. How long, they wonder, have we been observing humanity? Have we watched Mohammad begin the hegira, or Moses giving the Jews their law? Do we know all the false in their stories they believe? — Arthur C. Clarke

There is great value in being able to say "yes" when people ask if there is anything they can do. By letting people pick herbs or slice bread instead of bringing a salad, you make your kitchen a universe in which you can give completely and ask for help. The more environments with that atmospheric makeup we can find or create, the better. — Tamar Adler

I'm lucky because I do get to fly first-class now. — Amy Winehouse

Free will is the cutting edge of Creation, don't you see? The word spontaneity derives from the Latin sponte, meaning 'of one's free will.' Spontaneity is the impulse, the purest expression of freedom, and the impulse wants to do whatever it wants to do. But you are afraid of what others think, others who are just as afraid of what you think, and so you pussyfoot along the perimeter of the free-will zone, wilting like a wallflower. — Tony Vigorito

We don't all have to believe in the same feminism. Feminism can be pluralistic so long as we respect the different feminisms we carry with us, so long as we give enough of a damn to try to minimize the fractures among us. Feminism will better succeed with collective effort, but feminist success can also rise out of personal conduct. — Roxane Gay

You can't do over what's already been done, but you sure can undo it. Not easy, but you can undo it. — Madeleine Roux

Jesse sucked in her breath, and said, "It's a TARDIS." "A what?" asked Aiden. "Bigger on the inside than it is on the outside," Jesse said. She — Patricia Briggs

They looked like two children, she told me. And that thought frightened her, because she'd always felt that only children are capable of everything. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

It's funny to be a critic. — Leslie Fiedler

There's no risk in doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all. There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable. There's a lot of risk in the world of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz

Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women. — Stieg Larsson

His gaze on me was intense, I couldn't look away. I felt as if I was revealing my entire soul to him in this moment. — Christy Pastore

Drew fills all the silence without ever realizing that he's doing it. Josh melts into the silence like he's part of it. (pg 111) — Katja Millay

But how do they get inside?"
"They fly," Jace said, and indicated the upper floors of the building.
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"We don't fly," Clary felt impelled to point out.
"No," Jace agreed. "We don't fly. We break and enter." He started across the street toward the hotel.
"Flying sounds like more fun," Clary said, hurrying to catch up with him.
"Right now everything sounds like more fun. — Cassandra Clare