Spiritas St Quotes & Sayings

There is pride, too, though - pride that he has done it alone. That his daughter is so curious, so resilient. There is the humility of being a father to someone so powerful, as if he were only a narrow conduit for another, greater thing. That's how it feels right now, he thinks, kneeling beside her, rinsing her hair: as though his love for his daughter will outstrip the limits of his body. The walls could fall away, even the whole city, and the brightness of that feeling would not wane. The drain moans; the cluttered house crowds in close. — Anthony Doerr

Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves. — Cynthia Voigt

I said nothing. If she wasn't careful, everyone would rush out of her life, life out of a burning building. — Lorrie Moore

Lincoln had an almost childlike habit of regaling visitors with any sharp saying he'd uttered during the day, taking simple-hearted pleasure in some of his best hits. — Harold Holzer

The problem is we need much more moral content. — Cornel West

The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap. — Eli Roth

Many things in life are like good coffee, they need time to percolate. — H.M.C.

Fathers can seem powerful and overwhelming to their daughters. Let her see your soft side. Express your feelings and reactions. Tell her where you came from and how you got there. Let her see that you have had fears, failures, anxious times, hurts, just like hers, even though you may look flawless to her. — Stella Chess

I flicked over his rook, his bishop, and protected my queen.
I mouth, Don't fuck with with me. These five people mean more to me than words can express. I've never once felt like I had a real family.
But with them-I know I do. — Becca Ritchie

There's something final about saying you were married once. It's like saying you were dead once. It shuts them up. — Margaret Atwood

Jim Rohn's law of diminishing intent says that the longer you delay something, the less probability you have of actually doing it. — Michael Hyatt

You are utterly incorrect ... How many irate mathematicians are needed to get you to change your mind? — Anonymous

Nature, like Miamonides said, is mainly a good place to throw beer cans on Sunday afternoons. — Edward Abbey

Investors, most of them, have a herd mentality. They want to invest only if other people are investing — Jessica Livingston

As a novelist, I suppose I can say that I'm highly articulate. But I know, as a person, in other ways, I'm not always articulate. I think we are all, from time to time, inarticulate, at some level, about some things. — Graham Swift