Ridenhour Prize Quotes & Sayings

One could lose everything in the blink of an eye, the slip of a foot. One must avoid dark thoughts at all costs. — Kate Atkinson

The basis of all disappointment is the disproportion between what we imagine or wish for to make us happy and what we actually possess. — Fulton J. Sheen

Time and the things that are imprisoned in time's memory — Paulo Coelho

He was looking up at the sky, where a pale crescent of moon darted in between thick sweeps of cloud and fog. Flakes of white snow had fallen and mixed with his black hair. His cheeks and lips were flushed with the cold. He looked more handsome than she had ever remembered him. — Cassandra Clare

I always hope that young people will think for themselves and also most importantly, understand that they should judge themselves on their own merit, their good deeds, however simple, to not judge themselves by what they have materially, by what other people think of them, through social media. — Patti Smith

When I chose you, I didn't want the commonplace - I didn't want a 'partner' - I wanted a shrine ... — John Geddes

He didn't know why the Shadows wanted the brother and sister, but if he allowed himself to dwell on it too long he knew in his gut that finding them meant their deaths.
So he didn't allow himself to think about it. — Jen Meyers

I wonder if the artist ever lives his life
he is so busy recreating it. — Anne Sexton