Spottedleafs Honest Quotes & Sayings

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right. — Pope Francis

Something you hear a lot is that feminism dead. But if feminism is dead, why do people try so hard to kill it? — Jessica Valenti

Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts. — Bertrand Russell

Real problems in life are those related to your wellbeing and the wellbeing of your loved ones ... Everything else is NOT a problem! — Samer Chidiac

Stressing the God-centered life can lead to an otherworldly withdrawal from everyday earthly life. — Leland Ryken

Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a compassionate heart. She inhabits her characters, young or old, men or women, honestly, but without judgment, until they rise off the page and stand before us breathing and alive. New York, the Atacama desert, Amsterdam or Cuzco in Peru, the settings in Venus in the Afternoon are just as varied as the lives which they contain. A wonderful collection, one that will stay in your mind long after you have bid it goodbye. — Miroslav Penkov

What in the seven levels of hell did my son see in this place?" Horace asks.
We're standing on the street on Thursday morning, staring up at the house, after taking inventory of the place. From here, I can see five different spots where the brick needs to be repaired and pick out where shingles are missing on the sloped roof. The porch sags, and the windows are dingy. But if I let my eyes go out of focus and ignore all that, I can kinda picture what the place might look like after a little - never mind - a lot of TLC.
"It has good bones?" I suggest.
"It's got old bones," he mutters.
I smirk. "Yeah? So do you. Doesn't mean they're all bad."
He smacks my arm, but he's grinning. "Just wait till you get to be my age, and then tell me how good old bones are. — Erica Cameron

It is important for me to feel at home. — Thierry Henry

I feel like I was drafted to play football, not carry another player's pads. — Dez Bryant

You should always carry string, according to my archaeologist father, because then you could at least make a trap to catch animals to survive. According to my grandmother, it was clean underwear. — Ted Danson