Xinran Ji Quotes & Sayings

We cannot remain consistent with the world save by growing inconsistent with our past selves. — Havelock Ellis

I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction. — John Mayer

I hate raising money. It diverts you from what your real task is: to be a representative. You're diverted into preservation when you really want to spend your time and energy making a better state and a better country - which is the reason you ran in the first place. — Shelley Moore Capito

I used to think that having many material things would increase one's stock of happiness. I found that to be completely untrue. The trappings don't make the man at all. — George Harrison

History is a myth that men agree to believe. — Napoleon Bonaparte

i stand up and open the cupboards, cruising for something-anything- to eat. there's nothing- only a stale loaf of bread in my refrigerator and a single slice of moldy cheese. i've been living off coffee and takeout. i decide to go shopping and use up the hours and minutes that torture me with their lack of direction. i used to have a compass. i used to have charlie. — Amy Hatvany

Sebastian got up and walked to the window, resting his forehead against the pane. It was cold outside, and the icy chill pressed up against him through the glass. He liked the sensation. It was big. Grand. The sort of vivid moment that reminded him of his humanity. He was cold, therefore he must be alive. He was cold, therefore he must not be invincible. He was cold, therefore

He stood back and let out a disgusted snort. He was cold, therefore he was cold. There wasn't really much more to it. — Julia Quinn

They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop. — Christopher Plummer

I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls my age. Acting is kind of an extracurricular activity. — Natasha Calis

Having sex is all trust. You can't take it back once you do it, and it leaves you completely emotionally vulnerable. — Rebecca Donovan

Jem, I ain't ever heard of a nigger snowman, I said. — Harper Lee

I do not punish my enemies with arrogance; I punish ,them, undoubtedly more subtle - with devoted respect. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann