Ruskins Benton Quotes & Sayings

We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done. — Wilma Mankiller

The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers — William S. Burroughs

James' fingers brushed her cheek. "You can run, or you can see this through to the end. Whatever that end might be. — Chudney Thomas

And swear No where Lives a woman true, and fair. — John Donne

One of the things I did to make myself feel better is that I kicked up my running even more. I knew that I had to stay active, that I had to keep living as if my life was actually going to unfold naturally because when you stop, when you freeze, and you think about it, that's when the demons come and can drag you down. — Dan Hill

Every traveler knows too well the endless quest for the perfect travel bag: the one that's stylish enough to carry through Paris, sturdy enough to tote around Peru, and - most important - doesn't make your shoulder sag even before you've loaded it up with everything you need for a day of sightseeing. — Hanya Yanagihara

The fullness ends when we give Nature her ransom, when we make children for her. Then she is through with us, and we become, first inside, and then outside, junk. Flower stalks. — John Updike

My little sister here doesn't know it, but she puts up walls. Her heart is locked and chained shut from the world. She hides behind her books, and she doesn't let anyone in. — Brittainy C. Cherry

Through consciousness, our minds have the power to change our planet and ourselves. It is time we heed the wisdom of the ancient indigenous people and channel our consciousness and spirit to tend the garden and not destroy it. — Bruce Lipton

I love that there's no cutoff where we get labeled and sent off to a home for hopeless, cranky, depressives. Every day is a new chance to listen longer and be braver and love more. We get to try again and again and again. — Anna White

But what ultimately made Yates the scourge of copy editors was his simple aversion to criticism; any emendation in his manuscript, be it a single semicolon, would cause dark alcoholic brooding, which would finally erupt in long, hectoring, semicoherent phone calls. — Blake Bailey

I do not know whether it will be read by all, but I wrote it for all. — Victor Hugo