Substantia Gelatinosa Quotes

#1. It would be suicide in the American academy to show too early an interest beyond your doctoral specialization: charges of everything from charlatanry to ambition would be levied and tenure denied. I've seen this first-hand.

Tony Judt

#2. If an art form is marginalized it's because it's not speaking to people.

David Foster Wallace

#3. To look upon its grass grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace.

Washington Irving

#4. Be financially independent, be intellectually attractive, be spiritually excellent, be emotionally exclusive.

Anyaele Sam Chiyson

#5. Optimists are intrinsically happier and happiness breeds further happiness. Light a candle rather than curse the darkness and do not wait for someone else to light it; do it yourself.

Natasha Murtagh

#6. I feel that I'm very blessed. But with great blessings come great responsibility.

Kanye West

#7. Nobody can tell you if what you're doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is.

Hugh MacLeod

#8. No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.

Richard Yates

#9. As far as accessories are concerned, I think it is always best to be as minimalist as possible.

Alice Temperley

#10. Do you think I just turn my secrets out for everyone?"
He is unfazed. "I didn't know they were secrets," he says. "Or I wouldn't have asked.

Maggie Stiefvater

#11. All these thoughts drifted like clouds through the virtual space of my mind's eye - tiny electrical and chemical signals that combined to create an entire world - but then, after a while, everything just kind of melted away. All that was left was a calm blue void. I felt very happy.

Gavin Extence

#12. Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life

St. Jerome

#13. Perspective: it is the creativity we possess, the beliefs we follow and the lessons we learn.

Alexis Hurley