Vernell Brown Quotes & Sayings

They were ready to sell people a future in exchange for their past ... They wanted to compel him to cast his life away and become a shadow, a man without past, an actor without a role, and turn even his castaway life, even the role the actor had abandoned, into a shadow. Having turned him into a shadow, they would let him live. — Milan Kundera

We can find peace among ourselves, when we find peace with nature. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Divine spirit dwells in the soul of every man. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Still," he added firmly, "I think you'd best drink no more of it, or ye won't get back up the stairs." He tilted the glass and deliberately drained it himself, then handed the empty goblet to Laoghaire without looking at her. "Take that back, will ye, lass," he said casually. "It's grown late; I believe I'll see Mistress Beauchamp to her chamber." And putting a hand under my elbow, he steered me toward the archway, leaving the girl staring after us with an expression that made me relieved that looks in fact cannot kill. — Diana Gabaldon

I'm with Julian, I say at last. This, after all, is what I have chosen. — Lauren Oliver

Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away. — Pema Chodron

The key to ultimate succcess is the determination to progress day by day. — Edmar Mednis

Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting. — Christine Lavin

Maybe I was a bad kid. But I was also slowly turning to stone. — Dan Carr