Stiven Mendoza Quotes & Sayings

They were a proud people, cheerful in the face of hardship, strong in the depths of captivity, and ruthless in their pursuit of freedom. — Dan Wells

A thousand times, when the train slowed or stopped, I thought of jumping off. I wanted to die in a ditch. I wanted to disappear. I wanted a different history and geography. In rhythm with the wheels I said I want I want I want I want I stayed on the train. — Lewis Nordan

Frozen by fear. Not able to move. Your mind screaming — James Dashner

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? — Preeti Shenoy

Anna and I did not make love. I don't remember why. Maybe we didn't need to. She might have been afraid, although I doubt she was afraid of much. She'd been a midwife before she opened a studio; she'd held life in her hands, like a wire from a galvanic cell. Maybe death was too strong in me for an act so inspirited with life. Although I sometimes think that death is what gives lovemaking its desperate and terrible joy. — Norman Lock

Life is wonderful when you're the one to write it. — Coco J. Ginger

No ride is ever the last one. No horse is ever the last one you will have. Somehow there will always be other horses, other places to ride them. — Monica Dickens

Not at all. I'm saying there's a fire in you that drives everything you do, that makes you need to better the world and those you love. To stand up for those you can't. It's one of the wonderful things about you.'
'Only one, huh?' I spoke lightly, but his words had thrilled me. He'd meant what he said about thinking those were wonderful traits, and feeling his pride in me meant more than anything just then. — Richelle Mead

Women are so suspicious of any interest that has not some obvious motive behind it, so terribly accustomed to concealment and suppression, that they are off at the flicker of an eye turned observingly in their direction. — Virginia Woolf

Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty. — Joseph Joubert

I have aspirations to conquer the world. Let's see what happens. — Sonam Kapoor

They drummed into you that pain was good, you were supposed to go with it, push into the pain, and only ... now ... did I contemplate what retarded advice this was. — Lionel Shriver

Failure is not to be feared. It is from failure that most growth comes. — Dee Hock

You must feel comfortable with that fly rod in your hand before you spend time, money, and emotional capital on a fishing trip. — The Orvis Company

The whiskey had its own mind. Or spirit, he said. A cunning spirit. Sometimes it fooled him. Sometimes it set him free. — Louise Erdrich