Sparses Quotes & Sayings

After a victim has reported a crime to the police, many people believe that the decision whether or not to charge the suspect with a crime, and then prosecute the suspect, is the prerogative of the victim. News media often contribute to this misconception in stories about rape victims by reporting that a victim 'declined to press charges.' In fact, the criminal justice system gives victims no direct say in the matter. It's the police, for the most part, who decide whether a suspect should be arrested, and prosecutors who ultimately determine whether a conviction should be pursued. — Jon Krakauer

All religions are based on obsolete terminology. — Vladimir Nabokov

If we enter into ourselves, find our true self, and then pass beyond the inner "I", we sail forth into the immense darkness in which we confront the "I AM" of the Almighty. — Thomas Merton

The people I know who have retired, so many of them lose interest and die; they just become nobodies overnight. — Gerry Harvey

Anders looked up and saw Rik's chocolate eyes. Even though they were brown, a closer look revealed a blue corona around the dark, almost mahogany brown irises. He'd seen a piece of agate like that once on a dig; a perfect marriage of brown and blue in the depths of a broken stone. — Caraway Carter

At the time I thought what I had with you and your mother was better than nothing. But if you can't tell the truth to the people you care about the most, eventually you stop being able to tell the truth to yourself. — Cassandra Clare

I think that when Americans go to vote, states should not list what party the candidates are affiliated with. That would require voters to actually think and get to know a candidate instead of voting for their favorite gang. 'Oh, this guy is a Republican, so he must be good.' — Jesse Ventura

I can't give up my own identity. — Shirley Maclaine

The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can take them and make them the best that they can be. — Benji Madden

DEDICATION For Halle. The coolest Mudblood I know. Consider this your Hogwarts letter. — Jamie Harrington

Your life today is, for the most part, a manifestation of the stories you told yourself in the past. — Christopher Babson