Wound Up Tighter Than Quotes

#1. The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.

Jerry Rubin

#2. People were like icebergs. There was so much more than you could see. Everyone had secrets below the surface.

Courtney Sheinmel

#3. Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.

Kahlil Gibran

#4. Undue enmity with enemies does not serve the interests of the system. Enemies must be dealt with wisely and prudently.

Yousef Saanei

#5. The whole weekend turned out to be one giant round of excruciating foreplay, and if he doesn't stop stalling and give me some relief pretty damn pronto, there's going to be a girl-parts rebellion the likes of which he's never seen. I'm wound tighter than Jane Fonda's latest facelift, goddammit.

Leisa Rayven

#6. Don't be the victim of public opinion.

Sunday Adelaja

#7. It had seemed like a good idea at the time, a sure-fire way to impress this girl, who was as cute as hell but wound tighter than one of his father's antique clocks.

Ros Baxter

#8. Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing ... Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not.

Laozi

#9. Painted desert, ocean of color
sun's worshiper, moon's lover
picture of a coyote's voice
sandbox of angels, another toy.

Trine Daely

#10. Many kids who are bullied feel helpless. Sometimes, they think the only thing they can do is hope the problem will go away. But there are things you can do to get some control in the situation and it starts with developing a strategy and a support system.

Rosalind Wiseman