Bernadene Hayes Quotes

#1. In an ancient and dead language, any recognition of living nature attracts us. These are such sentences as were written while grass grew and water ran. It is no small recommendation when a book will stand the test of mere unobstructed sunshine and daylight.

Henry David Thoreau

#2. There will be no magic, whatsoever. Magic is either a poverty-stricken necessity or a wealthy fantasy. We are in neither of those straits, and what cannot be explained will be left unknown.

Jesse Ball

#3. Enemy," hiss the bushes all around. The rest of the Pride glided forward, surrounding Lily, Rowan, and Spike.

Josephine Angelini

#4. There is no such thing as a 'real' representation of 'reality.' Except, perhaps, in algebraic formulae.

Claude Simon

#5. I was finding myself forced to acknowledge that the limit of my imagination was by no means the limit of the world.

Chinelo Okparanta

#6. I like shows or films or books that have messages but don't beat people over the head with them.

Anna Paquin

#7. You nourish your soul by fulfilling your destiny.

Harold S. Kushner

#8. Birth is a shipwreck, the mewling infant shored on unknown land.

Jeanette Winterson

#9. Caring about people, especially people who've hurt you, isn't a flaw. It's a sign that you understand God's grace.

Janice Thompson

#10. I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.

Bill Sienkiewicz

#11. Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

John Podhoretz

#12. My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk.

Emily Giffin

#13. In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.

Pema Chodron