Unwittingly De Quotes & Sayings

Relax. You are beautiful, and everyone wants some of that beauty. — Julie Metz

Internet trolling wasn't just a symptom, it was a canary. Trolls tested the boundaries of how far society would allow racism, misogyny, and transphobia to be normalized. Would anyone do anything? Would anyone take action? Would anyone powerful take this seriously? The answer turned out to be no. Those of us on the receiving end begged for help, and were told to grow a thicker skin, because the Internet "isn't real life." Until, surprise, the Internet became president, and we as a society were so inured to hate speech - our boundaries had been so thoroughly obliterated and "political correctness" so stigmatized - that we had no defense. There — Lindy West

I'm quite a rational person, but I'm drawn to the irrational. I love coincidences, and I like to question that in fiction: 'Is this random, or is there something working underneath?' — Lisa Tuttle

Even if... you are hurt now and cry... you'll be stronger afterwards... and get up again for sure. — Hotaru Odagiri

How a city when spun
Away from the Sun
Reminds me of the Universe — Francis O'Neill

Thought precedes action as lighting does thunder. — Heinrich Heine

I wasn't sure what to say. Shall I tell her you're out? — Neil Gaiman

Young children begin very early to internalize information that either encourages or discourages self-disclosure. Cues are intuitively understood. Most of what we feel is unexamined and articulated. Cultural norms are unwittingly absorbed. We learn when to speak and when to stay silent. - Pam MacRae (Ch. 2) — Rosalie De Rosset

If I read enough about one country I sometimes found that the intensity of the reading removed by desire to travel there. — Paul Theroux

Until you can say what is most difficult for you to say, you cannot speak from your heart, live unafraid, create health, or receive support from others. — Gary Zukav

The Chinese are not programmed to make decisions quickly, and attempts to force them to do so, wittingly or unwittingly, invariably backfire. Instead, they view things from all angles, over and over again, and while doing so make judgments about the sincerity and trustworthiness of the people they are dealing with. The more impatience Westerners demonstrate, the less trustworthy they are judged to be. — Mente, Boye Lafayette De

Leo kind of sees into people. He's not the only one, either. Maybe there were always people like that, but there seems to be a little bit more of it around since the flu. — Stephen King

A few men are sufficient to broach falsehoods, which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters. — Samuel Johnson

Toledo is better than exciting, it's happy. Because nothing is more conducive to unhappiness than taking yourself seriously, and taking yourself seriously is difficult when you're baseball team is the Mud Hens. — P. J. O'Rourke

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully. — Khalil Gibran