Nora Raleigh Baskin famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking only to me. "Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is left, and who is to say what really happened or even what reality is? Our stories, our fiction, our words will be as close to truth as can be. And no one can take that away from you.
-- Nora Raleigh Baskin

#Reality #Talking #Long
When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.
-- Nora Raleigh Baskin

#Writing #Looks #Look At Me
Romance goes like this: Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl again. The end. It can't be any other way.
-- Nora Raleigh Baskin

#Girl #Boys #Romance
Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if you don'tâ€” If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel. And then they make the assumptionâ€” That you must not feel anything at all.
-- Nora Raleigh Baskin

#People #Want #Looks
But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.
-- Nora Raleigh Baskin

#Kids #Plot #Stuff
It occurred to me that a lot of beauty has to do with believing it yourself. That half of what we see is just the way it is presented.
-- Nora Raleigh Baskin

#Believe #Way #Half

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.
Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
Straight away, remove yourself from the field of spiritual progression , stay away from contemplation and skillful discourse, do not do research or meditate on the divinities, and stop concentrating and reciting textbooks! Tell me, what is the absolute nature of reality which allows no room for doubt? Listen carefully! Stop holding on to this or that, inhabit your true absolute nature, and peacefully enjoy the essence of what it is to be alive!
How long does getting thin take?
Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
Krishnamacharya's personal practice was always with long deep breathing and mental focus. Observe the position of his head, the lower abdomen and his mental focus. He was always concentrated on the inner alignment through breath.
If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.
People should be left to believe what they like, so long as they harm no one else. Apart from normal expectations of politeness, it is not however clear why people should require their personal beliefs to be treated with special sensitivity by others, to the point that if others fail to tip-toe respectfully around them they will start throwing bombs.
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

Nora Raleigh Baskin famous quotes

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