"The waves have rolled upon me, the billows are repeatedly broken over me, yet I am not sunk down."

-- Mercy Otis Warren

#Broken Quotes #Wave Quotes

“....decay and disfavor came together as other parts of the coast were developed, and the canals became weed-clogged ditches breeding mosquitoes, and the hotels were turned into third-rate apartments.”

Source : Edward Bunker (2012). “Little Boy Blue”, p.121, Oldcastle Books
“The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.”
“Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.”
“If you want to determine if your thoughts are from the enemy or from God, ask yourself, 'Are these thoughts Iâ€™d choose to have?”
“'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we're feeling and what we really need can't catch up with us.”
“Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.”
“Well, considering my entire life, now seems rules by odd coincidences, I figure it's right on track.”
“It's one of these wonderful economic coincidences.”

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