Tunya Page Quotes & Sayings

In my heart, I'm so far from done. — Kerri Walsh

He was not afraid of silence, which most of us will rush to fill. — Geraldine Brooks

Look what just happened,' she said softly, allowing laughter to leak into her words. 'You just shared something of yourself - and the world did not end. Nor did I fall hopelessly at your feet.'

'Why do you bother, then?' he asked hoarsely.

She stroked a hand in his hair. 'Because I want you to know that it is possible. — Deb Marlowe

Arrow let the slow pulse of the vibrating strings flood into her. She felt the lament raise a lump in her throat, fought back tears. She inhaled sharp and fast. Her eyes watered, and the notes ascended the scale. The men on the hills, the men in the city, herself, none of them had the right to do the things they'd done. It had never happened. It could not have happened. But she knew these notes. They had become a part of her. They told her that everything had happened exactly as she knew it had, and that nothing could be done about it. No grief or rage or noble act could undo it. But it could all have been stopped. It was possible. The men on the hills didn't have to be murderers. Then men in the city didn't have to lower themselves to fight their attackers. She didn't have to be filled with hatred. The music demanded that she remember this, that she know to a certainity that the world still held the capacity for goodness. The notes were proof of that. — Steven Galloway

When I was fifteen or sixteen I carried around in the streets of Brooklyn a paperback copy of Plato's 'Republic', front cover facing outward. I had read only some of it and understood less, but I was excited by it and knew it was something wonderful. How much I wanted an older person to notice me carrying it and be impressed, to pat me on the shoulder and say... I didn't know what exactly.

from: 'The Examined Life, Philosophical Meditations — Robert Nozick

Premature success gives one an almost mystical conception of destiny as opposed to will power-at its worst the Napoleonic delusion. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Lowell is my home. It is where I drew my first breath. It is where I will always derive a sense of place and a sense of belonging — Paul Tsongas

A useful word previously unknown to me: 'ergophobia', meaning 'fear or hatred of work'. At last I can define myself in one word. — Kenneth Tynan

Catch-and-release, that's like running down pedestrians in your car and then, when they get up and limp away, saying
'Off you go! That's fine. I just wanted to see if I could hit you.' — Ellen DeGeneres

Your most memorable students are in your first classes and your last classes: make your last years the finest of your career. — Andy Hargreaves

You gave me everything I wanted most. I just couldn't figure out it was all coming from the same person. — Linda Kage

Pain don't hurt. — Patrick Swayze