In the beginning there is not much difference between the coward and the courageous person. The only difference is, the coward listens to his fears and follows them, and the courageous person puts them aside and goes ahead. —Osho in Courage More about this quote Tags: fear courage cowardess Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with. —Craig Thompson in Blankets More about this quote Tags: love friendship sharing shame Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. —P. G. Wodehouse More about this quote Tags: forgiveness apologies apologizing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Always choose yourself first. Women are very socialized to choose other people. If you put yourself first, it's this incredible path you can forge for yourself. —Rebecca Traister in All the Single Ladies More about this quote Tags: self feminism women Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
So little time. We have so little time on this earth with the people we love. —Tess Gerritsen in Harvest More about this quote Tags: love time impermanence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I thought it was good to test yourself sometimes. It was good to see how much you could take. —Carol Rifka Brunt in Tell the Wolves I'm Home More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
That's what falling in love really amounted to, your brain on drugs. Adrenaline and dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. Chemical insanity, celebrated by poets. —Tess Gerritsen in Last to Die More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves. —Debbie Macomber in Twenty Wishes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room. —Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher. —Victor Hugo More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I laughed because he told me funny stories and it was so easy and light. I realized how long it has been since I've enjoyed that most simple of pleasures: company and conversation on a sunny afternoon. —Kate Morton in The Secret Keeper More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
That's one of the reasons I never wanted to get married. The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place an arrow shoots off from. I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. —Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There's an old saying that if everyone threw their problems in a pile, and you saw what they all were, you'd go racing back to take your own. —Helen Hardt in Possession More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. —George Will More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let's see how good he is when he can do whatever he wants. —Min Jin Lee in Pachinko More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email