Thebookaholicblurbs Quotes & Sayings

There is no truth without a truth on which to base it. — Russell Eric Dobda

She was learning as quickly that what was right and what must happen weren't always the same thing. — Colleen Oakes

I look down and see my hands uncapping the pen, turning the notepad right-side up on my knees. My mouth is dry, my stomach is in knots, my life is over, my heart is broken.

I start to write. — Amanda Maciel

Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man. — Thomas Friedman

I think that children are acutely sensitive to injustice because they live in a world that is absolutely filled with injustice. They have very, very little power, and they are extremely aware of power relations. — Deborah Eisenberg

Frankly, I love the fact that God has a plan for every tomorrow of my life on earth and beyond. Even though I can't figure it all out, he's got it wired. This reassures me that I'm loved and safe. God knows our course, and he knows us. He loves us. He provides. He plans ahead. — Women Of Faith

I wait for the kind of sense that dawn makes, when you have not slept. — Anne Enright

The thing about having one really good friend, one person you talk to all the time about everything, is that you stop really talking to anyone else. You sort of talk to other people, but mostly you have your one person and that's enough.

And then one day, maybe for a good reason or maybe out of nowhere, you can't talk to that friend anymore, and you suddenly realize you can't talk to anyone else. Like, it's physically impossible. No one understands you except that person. it's like you speak another language, and the other person who also speaks it is gone. — Amanda Maciel

Sometimes you stop seeing what the person is to the world. You only see what the person is to you. — Jennifer Gilmore

There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end. — Jeff Galloway

Unless there's a personal transformation, there can be no social transformation. — Deepak Chopra

You only fall in love once, The rest are just endless rebounds. — Dawn Lanuza

You move forward because you have to. Life doesn't stand still. It makes you move on until you want to move on, you know? It'll run you over if you don't move. — Darian Wilk

If you had something to tie you back to your old life, would you keep it or destroy it? — Aimee Carter

I think you inherit most of your talent from your parents, although sometimes a fabulously talented singer grows out of the union of two tone-deaf people — Joely Fisher

Revenge probably tasted sweeter when it came with washboard abs. — Kathleen Peacock

I had been brought up to believe that caring about people was a weakness, but loving Kyle didn't make me weak. It made me strong. — Kathleen Peacock

A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not. — Elliott Smith

There wasn't a single part of me that didn't want him to stay. But I loved him enough to want what was best for him. Even if I wasn't it. — Kathleen Peacock

You think the worst is behind you, but it's never behind you. In fact, saying something is the worst does not leave room for all the bad stuff that can follow it. You say the pain is nine, but you mean ten. You leave room. — Jennifer Gilmore

When the doors are open big gusts of cold air sweep into the car, and suddenly it smells damp and earthly, that early smell that tells you all the snow and ice is melting and someday the sun will come out again.

And maybe it will, for some other girl. — Amanda Maciel

Don't add silence to your list of regrets. — Amanda Maciel

I need some encouragement. I need to ask myself, "What would an Apollo astronaut do?" He'd drink three whiskey sours, drive his Corvette to the launchpad, then fly to the moon in a command module smaller than my Rover. Man those guys were cool. — Andy Weir

In order to access a warrior's courage, we must explore why we are so committed to our story and what we are afraid will happen if we give it up. — Debbie Ford

My fight to live does not begin now. I have been fighting all my life, I just didn't know it. — Colleen Oakes

Something about this small glimmer of happiness feels wrong, but I can't think about that. I just hold onto the glimmer, the shred. I let myself feel a tiny bit happy. Even though it kind of hurts. — Amanda Maciel

Remember how it takes your breath away- remember that this is how I felt the first time I saw you, and how I've felt every day since then, whenever I'm with you. This is my version of heaven. — Lydia Sharp

For a story to be told, it must be told properly, and to tell a story properly, it must be told with respect. — Anne Cameron