Abagale Burk Quotes

#1. Earlier in the summer, I'd found the syllabi to a couple of the courses I was taking at Defriese in the fall, and I'd hunted down a few of the texts at the U bookstore, figuring it couldn't hurt to acquaint myself with the material.

Sarah Dessen

#2. When people see political ads, they think someone's lying to them.

Mark McKinnon

#3. Success needs no authorization, yet failure requires permission.

T.F. Hodge

#4. I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.

Krishna Das

#5. I wanted to be wanted and he was very beautiful, kissed with his eyes closed, and only felt good while moving. You could drown in those eyes, I said, so it's summer, so it's suicide, so we're helpless in sleep and struggling at the bottom of the pool.

Richard Siken

#6. Keep steady in the view of the great principles for which you contend. The safety of your homes and the lives of all you hold dear depend upon your courage and exertions. Let each man resolve to be victorious, and that the right of self government, liberty and peace shall find him a defender.

Robert E.Lee

#7. Everything - including love, hate, and suffering - needs food to continue. If suffering continues, it's because we keep feeding our suffering.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#8. Fire, water, earth, and air,
All meet in the dragon's lair.
Six brave hearts have failed the test;One continues in the quest.
Remember well the words you know
When on to find your fate you go.

Emily Rodda

#9. Why ruin a good story with the truth?

Woody Allen

#10. Tomorrow is not promised to any of us.

Kirby Puckett

#11. The cult of celebrity in the '60s and '70s was really more reserved for movie stars or high socialites. Paparazzi didn't care about Janis Joplin.

Patti Smith