Ryokan College Quotes & Sayings

I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But I'm not a big fan of rules. And yet, we cannot live in a world without order. — Madonna Ciccone

Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter? — Thomas Hardy

If a good word already exists, there is no need to invent something painful. — William Zinsser

Everyone we interact with is changed forever. The only questions are: How will they be different (and how different will they be), and how will we be different (and how different will we be) as a result? — Seth Godin

What am I to you?"
He brought his forehead to hers, staring into her, his eyes holding nothing but naked truth. "I've loved you for so long ... You're my downfall," he whispered, his words breaking, " ... and my fucking salvation. — Dianna Hardy

Sometimes the ones we love are like butterflies, flitting all over, and we have to sit and wait patiently for them to land. Sometimes they never do, and that's a risk we take. But sometimes what they need most is to see us sitting still, patient, waiting. To understand that we're going to be there no matter what, that we're the ones who are always sitting there waiting, loyal, loving. Sometimes that's more powerful than any words. — Heidi Cullinan

I always wear rings and cuffs from Made Her Think because designer Meredith Kahn is my friend and is one of my fashion idols. Everything she creates is really fresh. — Jessie Baylin

He turns and walks away, moving so quickly that the candle flames shiver with the motion of the air. "I miss you," Isobel says as he leaves, but the sentiment is crushed by the clatter of the beaded curtain falling closed behind him. — Erin Morgenstern

Technically a memoir, 'The Woman Warrior' becomes almost magical through its inclusion of folk tales, dreams, and revisions. — Karen Joy Fowler

I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part, and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy. — Albert Einstein