Ilima Intermediate Quotes

#1. The phrase 'perception is reality' is overused generally. But perception can be reality in monetary policy. The bond market doesn't act merely on what it sees. It acts on what it expects of the Fed or the government.

Amity Shlaes

#2. A novel is not a rant.

Rachel Kushner

#3. All the world's parenting advice can be distilled to two simple rules: pay attention to what your children are fascinated by, and praise them for their effort. [Paraphrasing Carol Dweck, a psychologist who studies motivation]

Daniel Coyle

#4. If we say that God has always been, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always been?

Carl Sagan

#5. Just being alive
It can really hurt
These moments given
Are a gift from time.

Kate Bush

#6. 90 percent of all Gillette shavers are bought by women for the men in their lives

Martin Lindstrom

#7. Death is a mirror that gives us a glimpse of who we really are.

Death is a rearview mirror that puts the past into perspective.

Mark Batterson

#8. There are few greater temptations on earth than to stay permanently at Oxford in meditation, and to read all the books in the Bodlean.

Hilaire Belloc

#9. Life is a school of the spirit, Aidan," Ruadh intoned with gentle insistence. "Learning is our soul's requirement, and

Stephen R. Lawhead

#10. Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

Loretta Young