Thrillseeking Quotes & Sayings

Nostalgia combines regularly with manifest respectability to give credence to old error as opposed to new truth. — John Kenneth Galbraith

The poor are so common they're invisible, just part of the ambience of this place. I tuck a few soles under them as they sleep and walk off, feeling like a guilty tourist here for thrillseeking in a culture that's trying desperately to survive. Can shamanism help them? I wonder, as I make my way back to the hostel by moonlight. — Rak Razam

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey. — Alexandra Stoddard

We live for books. A sweet mission in this world dominated by disorder and decay. — Umberto Eco

The tongues of God's people are meant to be set ablaze by the holy fire of heaven, achieving that which glorifies God. But a sanctified mouth is too unnatural to ever be coincidental. If we want it, we need to pursue it regularly and cooperate with God to receive it. — Beth Moore

Angie stepped from behind Eric. In her cute pipsqueak voice, she asked, "Can't you take me home?"
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"It's a law enforcement vehicle, not a taxi." John said. — Jennifer Echols

The isolation must be their desire; I couldn't imagine any door that wouldn't be opened by that degree of beauty. — Stephenie Meyer

To forget everything - even happiness. Happiness! A casual tickling of someone or something against oneself - that's all. Would that we had never been lovers! For then, Maurice, you and I should have lain still and been quiet. We should have slept, then had we been at rest with kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate palaces for themselves - '
'What on earth are you talking about? — E. M. Forster

Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie March' here. But I love writing about Chicago, and I love being there and imagining lives in Chicago. I hope to set something there in the future, but it's intimidating. — John Green

The secret is there is no secret. — Dave Draper

Europeans don't like to talk about intelligence, and they often pretend their countries don't spy. — David Ignatius

Photography doesn't teach you to express your emotions; it teaches you how to see. — Berenice Abbott