Melkin Center Quotes

#1. The conversation of kisses. Subtle, engrossing, fearless, transforming.

Alice Munro

#2. The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.

Eminem

#3. Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

George Orwell

#4. Pain is very useful. It warns you of danger, teaches you of hazards and provides consequences for your actions.

Lisa Gardner

#5. Overcomers are not perfect. They fail just like the rest of us, but they keep on getting up, keep on repenting, and keep on being willing to surrender themselves to Christ and letting Him, who is the only perfect One, work through them.

Nancy Missler

#6. None of us is a monster, Chiku. We're all just trying to make the best of our singular natures.

Alastair Reynolds

#7. Never tell a lie when you can bullshit your way through it

Eric Ambler

#8. Because somebody out there fucking loves you and doesn't deserve the type of hurt you jumping would have caused. Killing yourself doesn't solve your problems. It just hands them to somebody else.

Katie McGarry

#9. In an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant.

John Mearsheimer

#10. Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself.

Tom Jones

#11. All our ignorance brings us closer to death.

George Eliot

#12. We're going to scrape her hull clear of those pests,

Evan Currie

#13. In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings.

Michael J. Fox

#14. The word grows mad on the ferment
Of angry actions, the authorities can only inflict
Visible punishments. Now regard with the unpracticed
Inner eye the unseen presence of Judgement then
You will understand the nature of your soul's torment

Rumi

#15. To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant.

Mitch Leigh