Torynn Quotes & Sayings

First and foremost, praying about things and having the good Lord as a part of my life is a huge grounding thing for me. — Ashton Shepherd

If, in 2010, you lived in a county with a higher exposure to toxic pollution, we discovered, you are more likely to believe that Americans "worry too much" about the environment and to believe that the United States is doing "more than enough" about it. You are also more likely to describe yourself as a strong Republican. — Arlie Russell Hochschild

We wanted to make something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the emotion ... the honesty. — Lady Gaga

But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really, at bottom, impracticable; and were they not so, would be extremely pernicious to human society. Render possessions ever so equal, men's different degrees of art, care, and industry will immediately break that equality. Or if you check these virtues, you reduce society to the most extreme indigence; and instead of preventing want and beggary in a few, render it unavoidable to the whole community. — David Hume

In literature as in life, to conform to anything is to knuckle under to your inferiors. — Kenneth Patchen