Szasza Utari Quotes & Sayings

I used to wonder if a mother could see the shift when her child became an adult. I wondered if it was clinical, like at the onset of puberty; or emotional, like the first time his heart was broken; or temporal, like the moment he said I do. I used to wonder if maybe it was a critical mass of life experiences - graduation, first job, first baby - that tipped the balance; if it was the sort of thing you noticed immediately when you saw it, like a port-wine stain of sudden gravitas, or if it crept up slowly, like age in a mirror. Now I know: adulthood is a line drawn in the sand. At some point, your child will be standing on the other side. I — Jodi Picoult

This passion because it is so strong, must destroy in order to be contained within the limits of self-preservation. — Sabina Spielrein

Long-term success is the result of relationships built on a foundation of trust. People get more value from those they trust. — Garrison Wynn

Miracles are short-term solutions, it's wisdom that helps you go the distance. — John Nolte

A Christian is committed to the belief that Love and Mercy are the most powerful forces on earth. — Thomas Merton

The great unity which true science seeks is found only by beginning with our knowledge of God, and coming down from Him along the stream of causation to every fact and event that affects us. — Howard Crosby

when we were kids
laying around the lawn
on our
bellies

we often talked
about
how
we'd like to
die

and
we all
agreed on the
same
thing;

we'd all
like to die
fucking

(although
none of us
had
done any
fucking)

and now
that
we are hardly
kids
any longer

we think more
about
how
not to
die

and
although
we're
ready

most of
us
would
prefer to
do it
alone

under the
sheets

now
that

most of
us

have fucked
our lives
away. — Charles Bukowski

Although objectively greater demands are placed on this authority, it operates less as a public opinion giving a rational foundation to the exercise of political and social authority, the more it is generated for the purpose of an abstract vote that amounts to no more than an act of acclamation within a public sphere temporarily manufactured for show or manipulation. — Jurgen Habermas

I had great representatives looking out for my best interests and safety. They just happened to be my parents. — Eric Lindros

But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength. — Benjamin Franklin