Hundred Secret Senses Quotes

#1. I felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. I was desperate to shout what I wanted, but I didn't know what that was. I knew only what it wasn't.
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan

Amy Tan

#2. I really believe in the way the energy can consolidate in certain geographical spots. You can find it in a lot of different places, beautiful natural spots, or if you look at Islam or Judaism or Christianity, these ideas of holy places.

Conor Oberst

#3. We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#4. I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.

Jennifer Weiner

#5. To win, don't compete. To love, don't complain. To be kind, don't judge.

Debasish Mridha

#6. Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

Noam Chomsky

#7. Do we miss out on love because we are working so hard? Or are we working so hard because we missed out on love?

Kate McGahan

#8. Humans do not possess a single, focused will. In their hearts, they have countless bugs, buzzing in all directions. There are times when all these bugs pounce on the same food, but when they are focused on different desires, people take actions that can only be described as incoherent.

Kouhei Kadono

#9. This tree house became our galleon, our spaceship, our Fort Apache ... Ours was a learning tree. Through it we learned to trust ourselves and our abilities.

Richard Louv

#10. Life's always a big fucking compromise. You don't always get what you want, no matter how smart you are, how hard you work, how good you are. That's a myth. We're all hanging in the best way we can.

Amy Tan

#11. Once upon a time, there was only darkness. And there were monsters vast as worlds who swam in it.

Laini Taylor