Portinari Quotes

#1. Anxiety. Dissociation. The words came easily. We attach them to processes, they migrate to the people themselves, and we think: Now I understand. But we don't, and the words themselves interdict further attempts to do so. Maryanne

James Sallis

#2. May suitable doses of guaranteed sensual pleasure and slow, long-lasting enjoyment preserve us from the contagion of the multitude who mistake frenzy for efficiency.

Folco Portinari

#3. I'll win the way
I always do
by being gone
when they come.

When they look, they'll see
nothing of me
and where I am
they'll not know.

This, I thought, is my way
and right or wrong
it's me. Being dead, then,
I'll have won completely.

Robert Creeley

#4. Of all the weapons she had commanded, Elizabeth knew the least of love; and of all the weapons in the world, love was the most dangerous.

Seth Grahame-Smith

#5. Tucker Avery wants to be my friend.

Cynthia Hand

#6. The stereotypical Pacific Northwest weather hadn't inspired me to bring an umbrella; the precipitation wasn't heavy enough to dampen my clothing. Besides, there was no quicker way to say "I'm not from around here" than to carry an umbrella.

Michael W. Anderson

#7. Almost everyone who reaches a plateau where he or she is happy and comfortable says it's because of finding balance between work, relaxation, exercise, socialising and family - plus some alone time to do something contemplative, creative, or educational.

Neil Strauss

#8. We learned that the body of Christ grows by the Word of Christ, flexing its muscles to serve, stretching out its hands to heal, and dreaming up creative ways to bless one another using the gifts God has given.

Gloria Furman

#9. Once you take sword in your hand, you will lose your right to talk about the peace! Man of peace and love never takes the sword in his hand!

Mehmet Murat Ildan