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“Rock, meet stubborn place.”
Source : Devon Monk (2010). “Magic on the Storm: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.81, Penguin
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“We may tell ourselves that love is not really available. but the deeper truth is that we don't entirely trust it, and therefore have a hard time fully opening to it or letting it all the way into us. This disconnects us from our own heart, exacerbating our sense of love's scarcity.”
Source : John Welwood (2005). “Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart”, p.9, Shambhala Publications
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“It's becoming clear that the world is listening, so now we're trying to get new groups of people talking.”
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“I can tell you a graphic difference. In Prague, for example, big red posters were put up on which could be read that seven Czechs had been shot today. I said to myself: If I put up a poster for every seven Poles shot, the forests of Poland would not be sufficient to manufacture the paper for such posters.”
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“A garden scheme should have a backbone - a central idea beautifully phrased.”
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“Mental simulation is not as good as actually doing something. But it's the next best thing. And the right kind of a story is a simulation.”
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“[G]et two-thirds of the states to alter the Constitution; come out with their national religion, and then let the people get their throats ready.”
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“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
Source : Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.197, Penguin