"The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do."

-- E. V. Lucas

#Honesty Quotes #Risk Quotes #Courageous Quotes

“"How could you love something so destructive?" I ask. "Because this wolf doesn't care if your heart is whole or not," you say. "It tastes just the same."”

Source : Jonathan Messinger (2007). “Hiding Out”, p.68, featherproof books
“One must not think slightingly of the paradoxicalâ€¦for the paradox is the source of the thinkerâ€™s passion, and the thinker without a paradox is like a lover without feeling: a paltry mediocrity.”
“No one has patience for love except their own.”

Source : Marjorie Celona (2013). “Y: A Novel”, p.184, Simon and Schuster
“In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.”
“I can say that I am only human and I have made mistakes. I can say that I try to live my life in the most true, honest way that I can. I am not perfect, no one is. No one is harder on me than me. No one can please everyone. No one can live in the past and expect to grow. I have been moving forward and hope that I am not defined by just a few moments in my life but all of the moments that will make up my life.”

Source : "Chris Brown's Billboard Cover Tease: 'I Hope That I Am Not Defined By Just A Few Moments In My Life'" by Joe Lynch, www.billboard.com. September 4, 2014.
“Somehow I had turned myself into the worst thing in the world: I was just another man who wanted to teach me something!”
“And for me to have my name mentioned among some of the Super Bowl MVPs that played in the Super Bowl, words can't describe it. It's totally a dream come true.”
“Historically, we have lived in a nation of energy dependence. Dependence on others for our heating and electricity, and for our fuel for transportation.”

Source : "Untapped U.S. option: Energy exports" by Rep. Mike Pompeo, www.politico.com. January 15, 2013.

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