Secrets,” Kohler finally said, “are a luxury we can no longer afford (Dan Brown, Angels & Demons)
We rarely find answers in the distractions. But oh what possibilities live within the quiet of solitude.In my fear to be alone,I distracted myself away from the deep beauty of my own solitude
We rarely find answers in the distractions. But oh what possibilities live within the quiet of solitude.In my fear to be alone,I distracted myself away from the deep beauty of my own solitude (Scott Stabile)
He was cold and tired, but he ignored the cold. Around him stars shone. Some bright, some dim, the most constant things in life. Segundo smiled up at them, happy at least to be dying among friends
He was cold and tired, but he ignored the cold. Around him stars shone. Some bright, some dim, the most constant things in life. Segundo smiled up at them, happy at least to be dying among friends. (Orson Scott Card, Earth Unaware)
Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself
Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself (Chris Matakas, My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu)
I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher
I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher (A. N. Wilson)
Nations are as equal as so many madmen or drunkards
Nations are as equal as so many madmen or drunkards (Fritz Leiber)
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. (Henry David Thoreau)
The unfortunate 8075 hadn’t survived his assault, splintering apart, fragments of its casing skittering across the bench. The battery within had split along its plane, revealing something as out-of-place as a missile in a bathtub
The unfortunate 8075 hadn’t survived his assault, splintering apart, fragments of its casing skittering across the bench. The battery within had split along its plane, revealing something as out-of-place as a missile in a bathtub. (A. Ashley Straker, Infected Connection)
Watch over Honoria, will you? See that she doesn’t marry an idiot
Watch over Honoria, will you? See that she doesn’t marry an idiot. (Julia Quinn, Just Like Heaven)
I think it’s better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings
I think it’s better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings (B.J. Novak, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories)