No one expected me. Everything awaited me.
- Patti Smith
- Patti Smith
The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.
- Václav Havel
- Václav Havel
“What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion.”
― Chris Abani
― Chris Abani
Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.
- David Sedaris
- David Sedaris
Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.
- Lenore Hershey
- Lenore Hershey
Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.
- Mary Higgins Clark
- Mary Higgins Clark
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.
- Norman Maclean
- Norman Maclean
Crooked cards and straight whiskey,
Slow horses and fast women.
- Kenneth Rexroth
Slow horses and fast women.
- Kenneth Rexroth
Tell me a story of deep delight.
- Robert Penn Warren
- Robert Penn Warren