Xantina Quotes & Sayings

I didn't grow up vegan or vegetarian. I grew up with junk food! And because of the way I ate before changing my diet, I can truly understand the challenges of making changes and stepping away from foods that provided a form of comfort and happiness growing up, but finding out that most of what I loved was really bad for me! — Kim Barnouin

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification. — Publilius Syrus

Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon. — Ignatius Of Loyola

I love my Kindle, but there are many books that I need to physically own. I think having the choice makes all the difference. Instant gratification - buying a book digitally and owning it sixty seconds later - really is a revolutionary act. — Chuck Hogan

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. — Harriet B. Braiker

Understand the ways in which your hard work is going to be necessary to achieve the goals that you want. — Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

When our inner self connects to our work and our work to our inner self, the work knows no limit, for the inner self knows no limit. — Matthew Fox

No, thank you," he flashed that grin of his. "I've been wondering what the lair of a poetry-inclined psychologist looks like. — Gina Marinello-Sweeney

In the literary world today, Christianity has pretty well replaced sex as the present pet taboo, not only because Christianity is so often distorted by Christians as well as non-Christians, but because it is too wild and free for the timid. — Madeleine L'Engle

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes. — Theodor Reik

He let out a sigh. With my head there against his chest, I could faintly make out the sound of his heart beating through his suit coat. It seemed to be rushing. His hand, gentle as ever, reached to cup my cheek. As I looked into his eyes, I felt that unnameable feeling that was growing between us.
With his eyes, Maxon asked for something we'd both agree to wait on. I was glad he didn't want to wait anymore. I gave him a tiny nod, and he bridged the small gap between us, kissing me with unimaginable tenderness. — Kiera Cass

Recognizing happiness when it's lying at your feet, having the will and courage to reach down and take it in your arms
and to hold on to it
that's the heart's intelligence. Intelligence minus the heart is just logic, and that doesn't amount to much. - Arthur — Marc Levy

So Justo comes to listen. The language always has been the most important act of separation anyway, as the bond is to the words more than to the land. Since nothing on maps reflects their existence, the extent of their "country" is the range of their language. But like the dances, the flag, and the celebrations, the words are banned, making a prayer whispered in Basque as illegal as a call to arms in the public square. — Dave Boling