Velha Guarda Quotes & Sayings

No one can give you what you want if no one knows what you want, child — Miranda Davis

Though we may not desire to detect fraud, we must not, on that account, endeavor to be insensible of it, for, as cunning is a crime, so is duplicity a fault, and if men dread knaves, they also despise fools. — Norm MacDonald

Salesmanship consists of transferring a conviction by a seller to a buyer. — Paul G. Hoffman

Thinking about tracking ... Sometime in grade school, already your fate was settled, your social
class was established for the rest of your life. — Marge Piercy

My sisters are very academically inclined so whenever they would fix me up, it would always be from someone in their world, people they would find attractive. When they came to the door in suits, it was over. — Elizabeth Perkins

When I go to the mountains, I intuitively know my place in the world much better through these experiences. The more intense they are, the better I know myself, and the more I am able to challenge myself. — Galen Rowell

It is not my experience that we are here to fix the world, that we are here to change anything at all. I think we are here so the world can change us. And if part of that change is that the suffering of the world moves us compassion, to awareness, to sympathy, to love, that is a very good thing. — Cheri Huber

I'm forcing us both to confront the fact that one of our most beautiful dreams was a lie. We both believed in destiny as a kind of guarantee - a promise from the cosmos that we would have our time together in virtually every world we shared. But now I see that believing only in destiny means giving up responsibility. We fooled ourselves into thinking happiness was a gift we would be given time and time again. It's so much scarier to admit that our lives are in our own flawed, fallible hands. Our futures are not kept safe for us in the cradle of fate. We have to hack them out of stone, dig them out of mud, and build them one messy, imperfect day at a time. — Claudia Gray

David thought books existed to stop you from feeling lonely. — David Lipsky

My favorite toy or game has been the ocean. My real passion is for saltwater. — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Hardcovers will never completely disappear. They are delightful to hold; they feel weighty and substantial. But my anecdotal evidence suggests that the world is changing. — Christina Baker Kline

Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live. — Arnold Bennett

I am deeply stoned on the intoxicating effects of [Country Music.] — Cary Ann Hearst

One person's disability is another person's culture." As — Jodi Picoult

The tragedy of man is that the happy moments of life behave like the birds of the forests: They appear and disappear suddenly! — Mehmet Murat Ildan