Tallent Quotes & Sayings

The Gates of Heaven and the Gates of Hell are the same gates. It just depends which side you're standing on when you walk through. — Amy Lignor

The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do. — Roald Dahl

If you really want to study evolution, you've got go outside sometime, because you'll see symbiosis everywhere! — Lynn Margulis

There will come a day when the phone doesn't ring as much as it used to. — Aidan Quinn

Natalie's estate is handled by Global Icons, and they police the world so her picture isn't on a T-shirt or coffee cup unless we approve of it. — Robert Wagner

Tallent notes that the days surrounding the death are marked not by keening or weeping but instead by a dignified, almost majestical, sense of quiet and contemplation. The deceased's immediate family continues to go about their daily rituals, but their silence, their lack of chatter in this busy, intimate community, is a ritual in itself, and the other villagers give them peace until the bereaved signal their intention to return to the life of the community. Sometimes this silent mourning takes only days; sometimes it takes months. But it is a remarkable demonstration of being absent in a place so intensely present, of being granted solitude while surrounded by many — Hanya Yanagihara

You have to start with the notion that you pick the actor who's going to embody the role, the best person that you can find. If you don't start with that then it sort of defies the whole purpose of trying to make the best film that you can make. — Christopher Meledandri

Security guard to Ikuto: Man ... how much metal do you have on you?! — Peach-Pit

A minor request," said Mazer. "Let's not refer to it as the training cage. 'Training' sounds laborious and regimented. Soldiers groan at the word. These men joined the IF to fight, sir. Let's call it the Battle Room. — Orson Scott Card

Everybody Dies But Not Everybody Lives!! — Lil' Wayne

To a shameful extent, the charm of marriage boils down to how unpleasant it is to be alone. This isn't necessarily our fault as individuals. Society as a whole appears determined to render the single state as nettlesome and depressing as possible: once the freewheeling days of school and university are over, company and warmth become dispiritingly hard to find; social life starts to revolve oppressively around couples; there's no one left to call or hang out with. It's hardly surprising, then, if when we find someone halfway decent, we might cling. — Alain De Botton

Why is it that even when you're trying your hardest not to get attached, something still sneaks up on you? — Claire Cook

Most adult children of toxic parents grow up feeling tremendous confusion about what love means and how it's supposed to feel. Their parents did extremely unloving things to them in the name of love. They came to understand love as something chaotic, dramatic, confusing, and often painful - something they had to give up their own dreams and desires for. Obviously, that's not what love is all about. Loving behaviour doesn't grind you down, keep you off balance, or create feelings of self-hatred. Love doesn't hurt, it feels good. Loving behaviour nourishes your emotional well-being. When someone is being loving to you, you feel accepted, cared for, valued, and respected. Genuine love creates feelings of warmth, pleasure, safety, stability, and inner peace. — Susan Forward

People open bookstores because they want their souls back.
(from "Two Women" published in Do Me: Tales of Sex & Love from Tin House) — Elizabeth Tallent

Ezekiel 33:11: 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. — Tim LaHaye

The Kingdom of God is, in reality, the mental kingdom of a conscientious, compassionate and courageous human. — Abhijit Naskar

We can't do this without you," I managed at last. "Everyone talks about my powers, but you're the badass here. — Richelle Mead

Now all that's left of me, is what I pretend to be. So together, but so broken up inside. — Kelly Clarkson