Sara Smilansky Quotes & Sayings

He thinks I might leave if I know him. He thinks that I might leave if he's himself. Oh, this man is so complicated. — E.L. James

On the Universal Tendency to Debasement in the Sphere of Love', — Alain De Botton

The greatest sin is carelessness. — Linda Ronstadt

What puts me in a vulnerable state? Beauty, wonder, surprise, mystery. Stuff like that. — Damian Kulash

No one wants to row who has ever sailed. — Arthur Ransome

and what we see is the world
that cannot cherish us
but which we cherish,
and what we see is our life
moving like that,
along the dark edges
of everything - the headlights
like lanterns
sweeping the blackness -
believing in a thousand
fragile and unprovable things,
looking out for sorrow,
slowing down for happiness,
making all the right turns
right down to the thumping
barriers to the sea,
the swirling waves,
the narrow streets, the houses,
the past, the future,
the doorway that belongs
to you and me. — Mary Oliver

Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce their own image on men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They smooth, and quiet, and comfort the hearer. — Blaise Pascal

I cannot transfer my abilities to anyone, but I can think of quicker ways with which to help people develop numerical aptitude. — Shakuntala Devi

In our researches on the likely economic apocalypse it's become clear what is the prime survival tool for hard times: friends. Good friends. Lots of them. — Stewart Brand

Hold fast, then, to this sound and wholesome rule of life - that you indulge the body only so far as is needful for good health. The body should be treated more rigorously, that it may not be disobedient to the mind. — Seneca.

Charisma
the divine force that manifests itself in men and women. The supernatural power we don't need to show to anyone because everyone can see it, even usually insensitive people. But it only happens when we're naked, when we die to the world and are reborn to ourselves — Paulo Coelho

You do. And I have the sweetest, most cuddliest, most adorable bear ever. — Shelly Laurenston

I don't know why but it feels like home to me. The Scottish people are really friendly - you like to have fun and you don't care about anything, which is the same as I am. — Curtis Jones