Amarildo Bento Quotes

#1. His old riot of black hair was now a translucent scrim of white, but his blue eyes still threw sparks.

Laura Hillenbrand

#2. What the myths say, is that you have to be the hero of your own life. You're the one who has to take charge of who you are, you're the one who has to take control. And also, you're the one who can bring something to the community.

Jeanette Winterson

#3. Giving people presents is such an intimate act; you're basically telling them who you think they are,

Ruth Reichl

#4. Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain.

Charles Caleb Colton

#5. My work as a doula also extends all the way to the end of life. I sit at the bedsides of people who are passing on in hospices or nursing homes, for the people and families who want that kind of thing.

Erykah Badu

#6. The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed--they risked losing everything.

Nathaniel Philbrick

#7. Not all illusions are visual. There are illusions of thought, which we call cognitive illusions.

Daniel Kahneman