The Pacific Gunny Quotes & Sayings

[The natural life] knows that if the spiritual life gets hold of it, all its self-centredness and self-will are going to be killed and it is ready to fight tooth and nail to avoid that. — C.S. Lewis

Indeed, sir, he that sleeps feels not the toothache; but a man that were to sleep your sleep, and a hangman to help him to bed, I think he would change places with his officer; for look you, sir, you know not which way you shall go. — William Shakespeare

If you persist in ignoring your intuition, you may find yourself stuck in a permanent holding pattern instead of taking the risks that lead to creative growth. — Nita Leland

But I know better than anyone how dangerous trying can be, and how destructive. Maybe it's better to let bad things happen than tear yourself apart trying to stop the inevitable. — Alaya Dawn Johnson

Even in complete silence, Buckshaw had its own unique silence; a silence I would recognize anywhere. — Alan Bradley

A particularly difficult line to navigate is the one between fear and love, especially for parents, who want more than anything to protect their children from suffering. — Sharon Salzberg

If a man is unable to grow fruits where he lives, he is not ready to talk to God. — Paulo Coelho

There's a lot of frogs to kiss before you realize they're all frogs. — Kelly Moran

A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip. — Hunter S. Thompson

Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a witch, and being killed with an automatic pistol or shell in place of a dagger or a battle-axe. — John B. S. Haldane

It isn't really much of a mystery, this occasional need I have to comfort my father. I did something terrible to his son once. — John Darnielle

Scientists should continue doing what they've always done, which is to understand the Earth as well as they can. — Naomi Oreskes

I think there are many more stories still to be told about women. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Tonight will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining. — Susan Cooper

Lie to me."
It's going to go perfect. — Jason Hightman