Thissa Aththanayaka Quotes & Sayings

The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive. — Terry Pratchett

The way I pitch is the way I pitch. I'm not going to change my overall philosophy. I'll just go out and pitch. — Mark Prior

Love is higher than existence, love is the crown of existence; and how is it possible that existence should not be under its dominance? — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. This kind of attention nurtures greater awareness, clarity, and acceptance of present-moment reality. It wakes us up to the fact that our lives unfold only in moments. If we are not fully present for many of those moments, we may not only miss what is most valuable in our lives but also fail to realize the richness and the depth of our possibilities for growth and transformation. — David Michie

We're more concerned about our own "victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart. — Jerry Bridges

I may not know how to fly but I know how to read, and that's almost the same thing. — Gregory Maguire

Don't be sad for what you have lost, be happy for the experience. — Linda Harper

He propped his cane up, placed his arm on the wall beside her and leaned casually, close to her. Closer than was proper. Her womanly essence sent his thoughts scattering. "Gwyneth, I wonder, have you ever had a kiss that near took your breath away?"
Her cheeks reddened even more.
"I confess, just the thought of kissing you the way I would like does that to me. — Vonda Sinclair

Yes, she was proud of her body, and no one could criticise her for that: even if she were seventy years old, she would still be proud of her body, because it was through her body that the soul could do its work — Paulo Coelho

Gimme hate, Lord," he whimpered. "I'll take hate any day. But don't give me love. I can't take no more love, Lord. I can't carry it ... It's too heavy. Jesus, you know, you know all about it. Ain't it heavy? Jesus? Ain't love heavy? — Toni Morrison

On my long list of hates about RPGs, one of them was, I always felt it was an unnecessary chore to make you care about a world when, in fact, what most players care about is their own personal experience. — Chris Avellone

We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live misfortune down, Trot! — Charles Dickens

We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism. — Jason Biggs

I recently read that 99% of dieters fail to maintain their weight loss and, given my past experience, that statistic feels true to me! — Celso Cukierkorn

It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had. — Edgar Bronfman Jr.