Tannia Van Quotes & Sayings

Many tribal peoples consider illness to be one of the most reliable sources of revelation. Many of the practices that traditional religions impose upon seekers-abstinence, isolation, stillness-are practices that illness imposes upon us, so it is in a sense a cocoon that allows revelation to unfold. — Kat Duff

I had loaded another weight onto his suffering and it hurt me to understand that while one person can never really share the pain of another, they can so easily and so heedlessly add to it. — Tan Twan Eng

Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast. — Peter Drucker

From this moment forth, my sword shall be with you and your fate shall be with me. — Kinoko Nasu

It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits. — Vanessa Paradis

Captain looks at Janie closely. "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph," she says. "You're gonna have a heck of a shiner by the time the day's over. Did you black our?"
"I ... uh ... " Janie shrugs. "I really have no idea."
"Yes, I think she did." Cabel cuts in. "I'm going to need to watch her all day. And probably all night, too," he adds. Very, very seriously.
The captain throws a rubber eraser at him and sends him out for coffee. — Lisa McMann

Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day. — Patrick Ness

My wife complained the other day that our kitchen clock almost killed her mother. It fell seconds after where she had been sitting. That damn clock always was slow. — Various

Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. — Viktor E. Frankl

I grabbed my coat. We were off.
Well, I grabbed my coat, waited the best part of an hour for Hanne to choose between one pair of black trousers and another virtually identical pair, had a cup of tea, approved the trousers, and then we were off. — Danny Wallace

I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to me was me mum's illness. — Jack Osbourne