List of Topics starting with [S]

Society was the only threat to the sanctity of selfhood: an unpatroned library was an orderly library.

Save your breath 'cause here comes the truth; I'm over the drama of you, and that's somethng new

Have patience, heart.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

There was so much of beauty here: the neat, small tracks of a foraging creature, stoat or marten; the inticate tracery of a skeleton leaf, ...

No nation has a single history, no people a single song.

My style is about making things last forever. When you're on a budget, it can be daunting to spend $300 on a pair of boots ...

Take a stand; go for the right choice. Don't just sit for anything; stand for something. Be specific because sometimes, when the meaning is not ...

I love my dad. There is no doubt about that. He is a wonderful man and a good person. Like many father/son relationships, we have ...

I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down; because I knocked all of them down.

In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.

One of the hardest things for a writer to do is delete words.

Sweetheart, there's probably something you should know about me..." Hudson tightened his grip on my hand. "I'm no gentleman.

I'm not going to shoot seven days a week. I think it's counterproductive. I think you're going to have people stumbling around after a couple ...

The uncle and cousin seem nice, but the aunt is a bit of a shock. Whith her hair dyed bright red, she looks like Ronald ...

Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.

He snorted. "Are you lying to me, Miss Marshall?""Of course I am." She smiled at him. "I thought it would put you at ease.

I just try to write what I think would really happen, and with grief and tragedy, there are these naturally occurring moments of levity and ...

If you want to know the value of a second, ask the person who just crossed the road at the wrong time and barely escaped ...

You don't get to mis-define a thing, and then on the basis of that mis-definition, say that that thing is bad ... it's incumbent upon ...

Addiction does not respect love of life.P.C.M. HermansSeptember 28, 2016BabajiAmen

Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the ...

But this girl simply let my hands gather on her own small, plump hands, like flies gathering on someone who is taking a nap.

Thought can be lofty without being elegant, but to the extent it lacks elegance it will have less effect on others. Force without finesse is ...

It's my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it's because I failed, not you.' (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)

Now he was singed by pain. When he finally opened his eyes he saw, at the end of the narrow green path, dazzlingly bright light. ...

Those who have deeply suffered in some particular way are welded together in an understanding incomprehensible to those who have not so suffered.

You know I don't mind sloppy seconds. And knowing Pope Whatadick, he probably blesses is cum before he blows it

Someone had once told her that if you look up at the sky from the bottom of a mine shaft, even in the brightest daylight, ...

If Russia wants to use energy as a weapon against our friends and allies, let's use our resources to set them free.

An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological health, risk to ...

Nothing can stay paused forever. Eventually, you have to hit play. Sometimes

Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you ...

She still wanted to slap something. Or throw something. The fish offered a tempting target but, before she could figure out who would fly across ...

He cupped my face between his hands, and when our lips touched, his skin felt soft and warm. It was the smallest,gentlest, most earth-shattering kiss ...

Something in the air this morning made me feel like flying ... Spring Flight

As for him "feeling dead", that's probably just a consequence of him being gone from your life for so long. In some sense he no ...

Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.

I really hated school and so I just wanted to stay home and watch 'I Love Lucy' and watch the movies that inspired me to ...

When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.

Revolt begins first in the human heart. But there comes a time when revolt spreads from heart to spirit, when a feeling becomes an idea, ...

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is ...

Whether Jesus calms the storm or calms us in the storm, His love is the same, and His grace is enough.

Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in religion they neglect ...

I had taken a partner once before - but, damnation, no matter how many times you get your fingers burned, you have to trust people. ...

You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.

I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too much to say, in ...

Maybe she'd been drinking too much of the super-sweet Mexican Coca-Cola they had down here. Or maybe she was just tired, alone, and far from ...

And I repeat: if there is anything that can divert the land of my birth from its current stampede into the Stone Age, it is ...

We never know whether that which seems best at one moment may not prove an evil later.

If you have found the way of sacrifice, the way that leads to peace; if you have joined with loving comrades to bring deliverance to ...

I've come to see that I'm saying something that people generally do not want to hear.

That our knowledge only illuminates a small corner of the Universe, that it is incomplete, approximate, tentative and merely probable need not concert us. It ...

I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space.

If you're a follower of Jesus, He has given you abundance so that you can care for others, not so you can stock up on ...

I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. ...

Woman was going to treat him like that, regardless of how stunning

You know Jace Lightwood?" said Emma."I What?""He's famous," Emma said with obvious amazement. He's the best Shadowhunter. The best.

The obvious," Noah goes on, a little out of breath, "being that he is probably some super secret assassin or something. And I'm not as ...

These people, who outside dog walking would not socialise, shared and supported each other in quite a special way. Rachel had never seen anything like ...

The thing now is to seem concerned in a vaguely social-democratic way.

Perfect study is the key to being effective in the land of your calling

If you see someone in trouble, you should help them. Experiment or not.

Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over.

Set your sights so high that even failure has in it an echo of glory.

Become a positive person by seeing the bigger picture of whatever you dream of doing. Dream big and act big! It's your time to have ...

To create the needed change ... We must become angry enough to stand up & speak out against all ABUSE & INJUSTICE against Humanity! Wrong ...

I like to open the doors to people's brain.

I wrote for television some, animation. Batman the Animated Series, Superman the Animated Series, Son of Batman, things of that nature were made and I'm ...

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

The happier I am, the better my skin is. Any woman knows when they are over exerting themselves, whether it is emotionally or physically, you ...

I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. ...

Another death. The more I see, the less I know.

Damn, her mouth was a weapon.

I think the American public wants to see a change. They want a fresh start.

Short-term pain leads to long-term gain.

I was working the hole with the Sailor and we did not bad fifteen cents on average night boosting the afternoons and short timing the ...

When I began to cover songs for YouTube, they all tended to be in the super pop-genre.. as in, smash-hit songs. My writing process was ...

The prisoner followed his guide, who led him into a room almost under ground, whose bare and reeking walls seemed as though impregnated with tears

What is crucial is the provision of opportunities for telling all the diverse stories, for interpreting membership as well as ethnicity, for making inescapable the ...

The most powerful words in English are, Tell me a story.

If we never had any storms, we couldn't appreciate the sunshine.

My kids have always been allowed to have dessert. My husband thinks I'm too free and easy about that kind of stuff, but my kids ...

I try never to hear what another person thinks of me. I enjoy life a lot more when I spend as little time as possible ...

Many at the State Department think its their job, not the Army's, to develop cultural and regional expertise and relationships. In such quarters, the RAF ...

I, for one, have no interest at all in having my heart stolen.

The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies ...

Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.

It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his ...

A beautiful road does not create enough reason to make a journey on that road, because the road to Hell is often a beautiful road ...

You are a survivor, and as that unwelcome designation implies, your survival - your emotional survival - will depend on how well you learn to ...

Live with passion. Live for a reason.

This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to be, and start ...

I think there are lots of ways of leading very good lives and growing spiritually. This process of growth goes on whether we believe it ...

Invite TranquilityThe sea,Something to look atWhen we are angry.

I reckon it does take a powerful trust in the Lord to guard a fellow, though sometimes I think that Cora's a mite over-cautious, like ...

Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

Everyone can cook. If you try. If you put a little love into it.

It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little ...

Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling ...