Velden Lim Quotes & Sayings

Duty exists and it's real. It means sharing any gift or talent that you have with people who need it. It means not being afraid or selfish or tight - but open. — Eva Ibbotson

In the beginning it was all black and white. — Maureen O'Hara

People don't expect a small Japanese girl to be able to break a man's arm.
"They didn't assume you were a ninja? — Demitria Lunetta

He told me not to seek revenge, but to seek the Buddha,' said the fox spirit, sadly.
'Wise counsel,' said the fox of dreams. 'Vegeance can be a road that has no ending. You would be wise to avoid it. And ... ?'
'I shall seek the Buddha,' said the fox, with a toss of her head. 'But first I shall seek revenge. — Neil Gaiman

The men in my life have always been the folks who are wary of using the word 'love' lightly. They are wary because they believe women make too much of love. And they know that what we think love means is not always what they believe it means. Our confusion about what we mean when we use the word 'love' is the source of our difficulty in loving. If our society had a commonly held understanding of the meaning of love, the act of loving would not be so mystifying. — Bell Hooks

There's no bad writing; you did something. I was operating inside language, and I did something. I'm not ashamed of it. — Aleksandar Hemon

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example. — Rebecca West

After spending time in the East and meeting with ordinary Afghans there, it's hard to imagine how a future Afghan government will retain control of provinces such as Khost or Paktia once U.S. forces are gone. — Joby Warrick

Say yes to life, even though you know it may devour you. — Stephen Larsen

Her voice is as soft as a bubbling brook and there is an undeniable holiness surrounding her. — Nancy B. Brewer

If evil means to be self-motivated, to be the center of one's own universe, to live on one's own terms, then every artist, every thinker, every original mind, is evil. — Janet Fitch