Unsmoteable Quotes

#1. When he recalls it in later years, he will wonder if he is distorting it, embellishing it, because each time he consciously recalls her, that forms a new memory, a new imprint to be stacked on top of the previous one. He fears that too much handling will make it crumble.

Abraham Verghese

#2. To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero; panache is therefore a timid heroism, like the smile with which one excuses one's superiority.

Edmond Rostand

#3. If you hear an old parable and you don't believe it, it's mythology. If you hear an old parable and you believe it, it's religion.

Ray William Johnson

#4. I was trying my best to straighten out my life, but I always ended up in the middle of some festive waste of time.

Heather O'Neill

#5. You know what awareness is only when you are aware. Awareness is the perception of your presence in the now.

Ilchi Lee

#6. Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.

Brian Tracy

#7. Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well.

Brad Holland

#8. I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so I understand where that comes from.

Alicia Keys

#9. Inertia accounts for two-thirds of marriages. But love accounts for the other third.

Woody Allen