Simandl Book Quotes & Sayings

My body has changed and it will continue change in the future - that is natural for anyone. What matters to me most is that even though external change is inevitable, my passion for encouraging women to love themselves at any size and to live, thrive, and to go after their dreams is a part of my permanent nature. Even though my body and mind may evolve through life and experience, my values on this matter have not. — Crystal Renn

[F]rom now on, the act of creating and circulating evidence of wrongdoing to more than a few people, even if they all work together, will be seen as a delayed but public act. — Clay Shirky

Knock. Pound on heaven's door if you have to, but don't give up. God hears all sincere prayers. — Toni Sorenson

Who has two thumbs and isn't an idiot? — R.S. Penney

I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping. — Mark Twain

With my schedule being so crazy, I can't call every day or hang out with my friends like I used to and that's definitely sad. — Jordin Sparks

I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions. — Henry Miller

When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female sex must retire before the magnitude of the task, and the majority of men also. — John Chrysostom

It is difficult to ever see yourself. I don't know how I've developed or grown as a writer. I hope I am continuing to take risks on the page. I hope I am continuing to ask the hard questions of myself. If we are attentive to the world and to those around us, I believe we will be attentive on the page. Writing is about presence. I want to be fully present wherever I am, alive to the pulse just beneath the skin. — Terry Tempest Williams