Terreiro Candomble Quotes & Sayings

One of the biggest challenges of writing for middle-grade or even young-adult readers is that I don't want to have too much violence in it - which really limits what you can do. It's important that they're not just bloodbaths or glorifying violence. I always try to show that a person who dies leaves a hole. There's grief in my books. — Alane Ferguson

The human being is a surprisingly resilient organism. We are impelled toward health not sickness. Your spirit, as surely as your body, will try to heal ... So you should not fear tragedy and suffering. Like love, they make you more a part of the human family. From them can come your greatest creativity. They are the fire that burns you pure. — Kent Nerburn

Do you see this heart-stopping beauty? Look closely, because in a moment your heart will stop. — Stephen King

Never were we freer than under the German Occupation. — Jean-Paul Sartre

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me. — Danny Glover

What I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can. — Denise Levertov

In the next 50 years, the increasing importance of designing spaces for human communication and interaction will lead to expansion in those aspects of computing that are focused on people, rather than machinery. — Terry Winograd

History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction. — Voltaire

Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear out but clothes, To keep one from going nude. — Benjamin Franklin King Jr.

Our current societal construct demonstrates we are uncaring and largely self-centered beings driven only by our own needs — Bryant McGill