Mabel Strickland Quotes

#1. I am tired of the superficial smiles that adorn the many ghouls among us. I am tired of the righteous indignation that hides beneath those visages that feign our best interest and deign to think we cannot and will not stand for ourselves.

Corey Taylor

#2. I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad.

Marianne Faithfull

#3. I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.

Sofia Vergara

#4. So what if they were in Tartarus? So what if they stood a slim chance of surviving? He was so glad that they were together, he had the ridiculous urge to smile.

Rick Riordan

#5. when your "golden days" are "that was just a phase...

Wesley Eisold

#6. I tell him, and I write it down as I go. It makes me feel better, as if the weirdness is flowing out of my blood and onto the page, through the dark point of the pen

Robin Sloan

#7. Prayer is our yearning for God, the cry of our poverty and misery, stretching out toward the throne of His divine mercy.

Emmanuel D'Alzon

#8. Whoever lacks faith is powerless;
whoever does not pray is helpless.
Whoever prays for the poor enriches himself;
whoever prays for the sick heals himself.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#9. With fear, you crawl on the ground; without fear, you fly in the skies!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#10. If your guard is up, let it down. If you've constructed a defensive wall to protect yourself and keep all the bad guys out, don't forget who that wall also prevents from getting in - the good guys.

Brendon Burchard

#11. Just this minute, I'll settle for an apology, she decided. And I wont' board the boat without one. Even if Kaz isn't sorry, he can pretend. He at least owes me his best imitation of a human being.

Leigh Bardugo

#12. Never give people options, just give them simple directives. Don't beg or demand, just tell them how things are.

Salla Simukka

#13. But neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims.

Ayn Rand

#14. I descended into solitude so thick that conversations with repairmen became anxious social occasions.

Louisa Hall