Soetkoekies Quotes & Sayings

But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer. — Martha C. Nussbaum

I can help you, you know," he says so sincerely I feel I have no choice but to believe him.
"What are you talking about?"
"facing your fears. Even the little ones can cripple us. — Karina Halle

War is the business of barbarians. — Napoleon Bonaparte

politics?" "A necessary evil that on rare occasions works without corruption, abuse, and waste. — J.D. Robb

This is in the natural order of things
the time of life we've now entered. The afternoon, as Jung called it. Thoroughly unprepared we take the step into the afternoon of life. Are we unprepared simply because preparation is not possible? ... We learn
if we are lucky we learn
as we go.
... we are in the center of the stream. Much has already happened, and has formed the shape of our lives as surely as water shapes rock. Much lies ahead of us. We can't see what's coming. We can't know it. All we have is our hope that all will be well, and our knowledge that it won't always be so. We live in the space between this hope and this knowledge.
...
Life keeps coming at us. Fleeing it is pointless, as is fighting. What I have begun to learn is that there is value in simply standing there
this too
whether the sun is shining, or the wind whipping all around. [pp.239-240] — Dani Shapiro

Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion. — Mick Jagger

When the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period of time, those subject to these arrangements tend to develop a desire to act in accordance with these principles and to do their part in institutions which exemplify them — John Rawls

Accustom yourself to look first to the dreadful consequences of failure; then fix your eye on the glorious prize which is before you; and when your strength begins to fail, and your spirits are well nigh exhausted, let the animating view rekindle your resolution, and call forth in renewed vigour the fainting energies of your soul. — William Wilberforce

I went to the Gobi Desert, even though I had no scenes there. This is the greatness of China, the landscape, even for us. — Michelle Yeoh

Theater is exciting because it is collaborative, but it is also exhausting for the same reason. — Mark O'Donnell

Any minute now . . ."Two seconds later, the sound of an alarm filled my ears."What did you do?" I said over the noise as he backed up toward the bathroom door."The girl who gave you the note?""Yes . . .""I caught her staring at my lighter."I blinked. "You gave a child, in a psych ward, a lighter."His eyes crinkled at the corners. "She seemed trustworthy.""You're sick," I said, but smiled."Nobody's perfect." Noah smiled back — Michelle Hodkin

Death had no lips, but it was smiling — Franny Billingsley