Walden Chapter 2 Quotes

#1. in the Quran, chapter 2, verse 256 that states: "There is no compulsion in religion -- the right way is indeed clearly distinct from error. So whoever disbelieves in the devil and believes in God, he indeed lays hold on the firmest handle which shall never break. And God is Hearing, Knowing.

Angela Walden

#2. Logic and reason are the naphthalene balls we use to pack them away into a sandook called 'Someday'. But when that day comes we are too old, too poor, too tired or too lazy.

Rashmi Bansal

#3. I grew up a really nerdy kid. I read science fiction and fantasy voraciously, for the first 16 years of my life. I read a lot of classic Cold War science fiction, which is much of the best science fiction, so I speak the language well, which is a commodity that's not easy to come by in Hollywood.

Jon Spaihts

#4. Everybody feels like that to some extent," I said. "They're trying to express themselves and it bothers them when they can't get it right.

Haruki Murakami

#5. That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.

Albert Schweitzer

#6. He let his eyes drift shut and decided in that instant that for the rest of Emily's life, he would be her guardian angel.

Jodi Picoult

#7. Then Jess gave himself over to the numbness that was buzzing to be let out from a corner of his brain.

Katherine Paterson

#8. I can actually feel the interior body of a dancer. I have the ability to capture a split second ... I want you to be hit with whatever the essence is of this sculpture.

Richard MacDonald

#9. I've been working since I was a child. I worked cutting lawns, delivering newspapers; I was a telephone salesperson; I was a guitar repairman.

Nile Rodgers

#10. And no business can possibly equate happy workers (community) with profit (effectiveness). Happy workers are much more productive workers and hence contribute to profit, but no organization is formed for the idea of pleasing its employees.

Harvey Pekar

#11. As far as he knew, I was dying.

Mickey Mantle

#12. The old man asked again. "When I'm gone." His eyes blinked from behind his glasses. His neatly trimmed beard was gray, and he stood slightly stooped. Are you dying? I asked. "Not yet," he said, grinning. Then why - "Because I think you would

Mitch Albom

#13. The absolute truth is that there is no power in celebrity.

Bill Cosby

#14. The wind is blowing hard around me, the sound is rising in my chest again, and I feel I can fly.And then the branch has shifted under my feet, the deep furrows of the bark have left my back, and I have no time to spread my arms. I am not flying. I am falling.

Ned Hayes

#15. Memories have no life. They're just pale reminders of a time that's gone-like faded photographs.

Kevin Brooks