Pereda Quotes

#1. The night was dark as pitch or coal. Stupid expressions, thought Pereda. European nights might be pitch-dark or coal-black, but not American nights, which are dark like a void, where there's nothing to hold on to, no shelter from the elements, just empty, storm-whipped space, above and below.

Roberto Bolano

#2. Every time I sing, it it's a reminder to myself that I have to be confident.

Alessia Cara

#3. I'm a big Ping-Pong addict. I love it.

Lisa Ling

#4. Love finds beauty in the midst of ugliness and makes the journey of life worthwhile.

Debasish Mridha

#5. It seemed to us philosophically self-evident that suicide was every free person's right: a logical act when faced with illness or senility; a heroic one when faced with torture or the avoidable deaths of others; a glamourous one in the fury of dissappointed love (see: Great Literature).

Julian Barnes

#6. Being tough means looking straight at something ugly, and saying, "That's ugly; I'll have to find a way to deal with it." And doing so.

Robert B. Parker

#7. Grammar and spelling are a part of thought process.
If one knows the meaning of words, one may be able to better understand the meaning of everything.

Sienna McQuillen

#8. 'Know,' says a wise writer, the historian of kings, 'Know the men that are to be trusted'; but how is this to be? The possession of knowledge involves both time and opportunities. Neither of these are 'handservants at command.'

Dorothea Dix

#9. Without a good understanding of history how can we make informed and therefore good and sensible decisions about current issues? The future then can only be made better by knowledge of the past.

Keith Tonkin

#10. God knows all that is done in the most secret caverns of the heart. No place is deprived of his presence.

Stephen Charnock

#11. In a country where Christians were looked upon with suspicion and disfavor, a government leader said to me with a twinkle in his eye, Christians seem to thrive under persecution. Perhaps we should prosper them, and then they would disappear.

Billy Graham

#12. Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.

Ruth Ozeki

#13. The old laws do not stand. Everything can be remade. Marriage does not mean marriage now

Philippa Gregory

#14. True religion has, at its core: Love, Peace, Mercy, Justice and Freedom. If any of these elements is not fully present in a religion, the religion has been compromised.

Jim Carrey

#15. I suddenly remember how different I am from most of the kids here. Nobody would have to drag me or my brothers to the Bahamas; we'd swim there if we could. For us, a family vacation is staying at a local hotel with a swimming pool for a weekend.

Angie Thomas

#16. My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.

Iman