Irja Porkanen Quotes

#1. Phychical pain is more easily borne than physical; and if I had my choice between a bad conscience and a bad tooth, I should choose the former.

Heinrich Heine

#2. They are surprised that he did it, though, which shows you that the male mind expects very little in the way of altruism from it's fellows.

Stephen King

#3. I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to find the research. It's my responsibility to digest it and do the best that I can with it. But at a certain point that responsibility will become an interpretation.

Oliver Stone

#4. This almost never happens, outside of the realm of scientific terminology (which is obviously a domain populated by sadists with no regard for language).

Ammon Shea

#5. Save a life, and your path will always have light.

James Patterson

#6. Stop it," he hissed in her ear. "You'll just make it worse for yourself. It's better if you don't look."
"Like you do?" she hissed back. "Shutting your eyes and pretending something's not happening doesn't make it not true, Jace. You ought to know better-

Cassandra Clare

#7. A common misconception about how things such as space shuttles come to be is that engineers simply apply the theories and equations of science. But this cannot be done until the new thing-to-be is conceived in the engineer's mind's eye. Rather than following from science, engineered things lead it.

Henry Petroski

#8. I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

Constance Baker Motley

#9. I went to Walter Reed hospital a couple of times to visit wounded soldiers, kids with no legs and one arm. You start to question some things.

Jeff Daniels

#10. Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue that must be seen from inside a political structure, not from outside it,

Lina Bo Bardi

#11. How silent the unbeating heart.

Allyse Near

#12. The boughs, without becoming detached from the trunk grow away from it.

Victor Hugo

#13. The bathroom door swings open. Emma sees the blood painting my skin and the red rivers carved on my body. Emma sees the wet knife, silver and bone. The screams of my little sister shatter mirrors.

Laurie Halse Anderson

#14. God seeks to walk with you along the journey.

Lailah Gifty Akita