c2p-cmd/Good-Quotes-Authors huggingface dataset:
Pennsylvania gave Gosnell carte blanche for the next seventeen years. With every license extension and slipshod inspection, state health regulators sent a message: do what you like, because no matter what you do, we won’t bother you, and we don’t care whom you kill or injure along the way.
— Ann McElhinney, Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
Inspire, celebrate, and empower our Black males. Support them in becoming confident, intelligent, strong, capable, and powerful Black men, teens, and boys. There’s GREAT power in Black male positivity!
— Stephanie Lahart
No matter how weird we all are, were still human.
— Mekiah Johnson
When Learning to "LOVE YOURSELF", you attract two types of energies: Lovers & Haters. Lovers should take you higher, haters should inspire. Both should give you fire to illuminate your environment.
— Ace Antonio Hall, Lord of the Flies: Fitness for Writers
Feelings and emotionran through my veinslike a hurricane.And that's when everythingbegan to look like poetry.—You look like poetry
— Altruistic
Pain writes the words, sorrow wields the pen, tears wet the paper, and the story mends the heart.
— Piper Payne
All life deserves respect, dignity, and compassion.
— Anthony Douglas
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
— German Proverb
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
— Spanish Proverb
Beware the person who won't be bothered with details.
— William Feather
People remain same in photographs only
— Vikash Shrivastava
So the incompetents in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s state capital, knew or should have known that, even by their own lax rules, Gosnell should not have been carrying out abortions—but they didn’t care.
— Ann McElhinney, Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
Da shit you say!
— Brian   Cook, The Thin Blue Line: Perception is Deception
I’m a Black woman. Empowered, powerful, and greatness.
— Stephanie Lahart
Our body is a sacred temple A place to connect with people. As we aren't staying any younger We might as well keep it stronger.
— Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual
Non lo avevo mai compreso. Era ottimista sempre e io ... io mi lasciavo trascinare dalle emozioni, mi si abbattevano addosso senza poterci fare nulla.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
I miei silenzi erano scudi contro la realtà dietro i quali nascondevano la verità.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Dovresti imparare a non avere paura.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Stavo facendo impazzire tutte le persone che mi stavano intorno.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Non ero pronta ad amare nessun altro.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Quando per tanti anni ti leghi ad una persona, tranciare il filo che ti tiene avvinta è impossibile. Il filo delicato diviene una catena con lucchetti a doppia mandata e non esiste modo per liberarsi del ricordo, del sentimento che ti fa battere il cuore, incendiare il sangue e amare il passato che ti fa sentire ancora viva.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Lui mi dava e mi toglieva e volevo supplicarlo di smetterla.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Non c'era bisogno di parole, c'era bisogno di abbracci sinceri.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
I sentimenti si imprimono nei luoghi dove li abbiamo vissuti.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Aveva l'animo della scrittrice pazza con tutti i suoi sbalzi d'umore, le sue insicurezze.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Non sapevo controllare i sentimenti, li sentivo sempre troppo prepotenti e forti e mi ferivano.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Go to bed! Someone is anxious to come into your dream.
— Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.
— Mary McCarthy
We may not stay quick, If we are weak or sage, but a lot can squeak As we start to age.
— Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual
Avrei voluto entrargli nei pensieri, scivolare lenta sotto i suoi silenzi e perdermi nel suo mondo.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.—SIMONE WEIL
— Ann McElhinney, Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
The truth will set you free.
— Gary L. Stewart, Susan Masfasa
The prosecutors squarely confronted the grisly results of abortion. And they discovered that nobody really wanted to talk about it. In fact, they learned first hand how blinkered the medical profession could be when it came to abortion. Among the unpleasant surprises they encountered early on in the investigation was the nearly universal unwillingness of doctors to help them. Hardly anyone wanted to talk. A few were sympathetic but balked at testifying. Many more weren’t so kind. Medical professionals didn’t want to contribute to any official proceeding that might shine a negative light on abortion. The prosecutors were encountering the same reluctance to speak up and do the morally and ethically right thing that had allowed Gosnell to continue killing for years.
— Ann McElhinney
...for Taggart, learning the reality of abortion for the first time was shocking. “Even if it’s done right, it’s barbaric,” he told us. “I’m no holy roller, but if you see the way they actually have to do it, it’s barbaric.” The learning experience was one shared by Wechsler, Pescatore, Wood, and the rest of the team.
— Ann McElhinney, Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
And the truth will set you free...
— Gary L Stewart and Susan Mustafa, The Most Dangerous Animal of Them All
I’m a fire-starter and troublemaker who started out as an obscure British tech blogger and rose to infamy as one of America’s most in demand speakers on college campuses. The appearance of my expensive shoes and frosted tips and the sound of my laughter ringing across university quads has forced professors, journalists, directors, activists and musicians to realize something no liberal in America has understood for a long time: emotions do not trump facts.
— Milo Yiannopoulos, Dangerous
I am: a critical voice in the pushback against political correctness, and a free-speech fundamentalist defending the public’s right to express themselves however they please. Young conservatives and libertarians respond to me because I say the things they wish they could.
— Milo Yiannopoulos, Dangerous
Perché era così difficile dire "mi mancherai" oppure "ti voglio bene"? Cosa c'era che non andava in queste frasi? Perché l'orgoglio mi terrorizzava a tal punto da congelarmi ogni parola sulla lingua? Avrei voluto essere più sfacciata e invece non riuscivo a dirgli cosa provavo, come se fosse una debolezza imperdonabile voler bene a qualcuno.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Ero ferma in un limbo e volevo uscirne.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
It didn’t look like a solid hand; it looked like paper, almost transparent in the light. Just as suddenly the hand was pulled back and the window went black.
— Sian B. Claven
At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon.
— Edgar Allan Poe
El ser humano ha sido siempre un asesino muy superior al resto de criaturas".
— Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033
The world is a better place when you smile.
— Nicholas Sparks, The Guardian
Work hard but work smart.
— Chris Mentillo
Leadership is not always about your power, it's all about your ability to empower, encourage, and elevate others
— Farshad Asl
Non so per quale motivo, ma con lui mi escono dalla bocca tutti i pensieri che tengo rinchiusi nel mio cervello.
— Sara Dardikh, Baci nell'ombra
Ha dato tutto per scontato, ha dato per scontato che fossero solo parole dette a caso senza fare lo sforzo di ascoltare e capire. Le parole non sono solo lettere, le parole fanno male e rendono felici allo stesso tempo.
— Sara Dardikh, Baci nell'ombra
Sono dovuta annegare migliaia di volte prima di risalire in superficie.
— Sara Dardikh, Baci nell'ombra
Dite all’Angelo che veglierà sulla vostra vita, Morrel, di pregare qualche volta per un uomo che, simile a Satana, per un momento si è creduto simile a Dio e ha riconosciuto, con tutta l’umiltà di un cristiano, che nelle mani di Dio soltanto sta il supremo potere e la infinita sapienza
— Alexandre Dumas
Amo stare da sola : io, i miei libri e i miei pennelli, lontana dal resto della gente che trovo sempre inutile.
— Sara Dardikh, Baci nell'ombra
L'essere notata non mi va a genio, questo mi pare chiaro.
— Sara Dardikh, Baci nell'ombra
Parfois, écrire se rapproche de la chute libre : vos doigts s'agitent sur le clavier comme vos jambes dans le vide.
— Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl
Love is not blind, lovers can see what others cannot see.
— Jimvirle/Jinvirle
He knows her like man knows earth, touching the surface but unaware of her depth.
— Piper Payne
Lui continua a scusarsi e a elencarmi la sua lista di problemi, senza rendersi conto che il vero problema non sono la scuola o gli amici o chissà. Il problema sono i ricordi. Nessuno di noi due parla di lei da anni ormai, perché fa sempre male ricordare. Ma io mi domando : fa più male ricordare o fingere di non ricordare?
— Sara Dardikh, Baci nell'ombra
Avete mai amato così intensamente, spontaneamente, meravigliosamente da non poter conoscere altro amore? Da trasformare quell'amore in un amletico tormento? Da restare avvinghiati a una promessa per l'eternità?
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
La promessa diventa un dolce pensiero che allevia la distanza e supera il tempo, poi un ricordo che si perde lento ma conserva il sogno, poi la rinuncia per paura che non sia altro che un sogno. Ma quando ami, quando ami davvero, basta un momento, uno sguardo, fosse pure solo un'immagine sbiadita tra la pioggia, e si riaccende tutto.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Come potremmo vivere senza un amore e che importanza ha se questo amore sfugge la realtà, sembra solo un'idea impossibile alla quale ci aggrappiamo con le unghie e con i denti e teniamo viva con la forza del pensiero?
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Io mi sono sempre lasciata attraversare dalle emozioni, investire con rabbiosa furia, ferirmi nella tormentosa lotta alla sopravvivenza.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
Nel profondo avrei tanto voluto tagliare il filo che mi teneva avvinta ai miei tredici anni, reciderlo dalla radice, ma questa quercia millenaria aveva affondato le sue innumerevoli ramificazioni intorno all'anima e stringeva così forte, da inchiodarmi al terreno dei ricordi.
— Vanessa Vescera, Le parole di una Rosa
After earning a degree in Marketing at Auburn University, I spent the next five years in the business world, which is a polite way of saying that I had eleven jobs in a five-year period, including door to door sales, skip tracing people who didn’t want to be found, repossessing cars and collecting on defaulted student loans. During this five-year period, I did an in-depth study of abnormal psychology and sociopathic behavior – and then I divorced him.
— C. Mack Lewis
Riuscirò anch'io a realizzare i miei sogni? C'è un piccolo burrone tra la realtà e i sogni, il problema è riuscire a oltrepassarlo senza caderci dentro, a volte diventa difficile e si viene risucchiati dal mondo.
— Sara Dardikh, Baci nell'ombra
I raised you so high that every other man on earth is now doomed to live in your shadow.
— Ranata Suzuki
Every quote, every book, every film seemed to suggest that ‘one day’ someone would come into my life and love me with an intensity and a passion I had never experienced before. And to their credit they were right; It all came and went so fast it really did feel as if it were just ‘one day’....
— Ranata Suzuki
The reader leaves his mark on the book, as the book leaves its mark on the reader.
— Gabrielle Dubois
He looked at me like I was the stars when all I’d ever felt like was the dark nothingness between them.
— Ranata Suzuki
It’s the intricate details you miss the most. For me, it’s the soft lines around the eyes when he smiles… Or that look he gave me sometimes that I cannot begin to describe - but I would know it if I saw it again.It was the look that gave him away.I’d know that look anywhere…It used to be my everything.
— Ranata Suzuki
Like so many others my story begins with that same old line…. ‘So anyway, there was this guy….’ Until one day…. there wasn’t.And nothing was ever the same after that….
— Ranata Suzuki
It suddenly dawns on me that there is a big difference between feeling tired and being weak.
— Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, The Smell of Other People's Houses
Though life has fated that we never cross paths again, don’t ever feel alone. For we are parallel …. and I will always be by your side.
— Ranata Suzuki
Though it’s reasons to burn may vary... you are always the fuel of my fire.
— Ranata Suzuki
It’s difficult for me to imagine the rest of my life without you. But I suppose I don’t have to imagine it... I just have to live it
— Ranata Suzuki
I believe in love at first sight…But it’s not the first moment you lay eyes on a person, it’s the moment you first see the person they truly are.
— Ranata Suzuki
It’s times like this…. when it’s over a year later and I’m still crying over you that I want to turn to you and say: See…. This is why I asked you never to kiss me.
— Ranata Suzuki
My heart’s been empty since you left - but still I refuse to put up a vacancy sign.I’m just not ready for anybody else to move in yet.
— Ranata Suzuki
I write what I love.I will not stop – even when my hand hurts….…. because I cannot stop – even though my heart hurts….
— Ranata Suzuki
I’d never dreamed anybody could love me the way he did. And even when he proved it to me time and again – I still could hardly believe it was true.
— Ranata Suzuki
It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us.Sort of like how I say ‘funny’... but I actually mean sad.
— Ranata Suzuki
How I wish I could undo it all … take it all back…All those years I spent unhappy with him …. when I should have been looking for you.
— Ranata Suzuki
In a way, it was the same as any normal break up. You took what was yours …. and I kept what I’d had from before we were together…You took my heart …. and I had nothing…
— Ranata Suzuki
I still remember that feeling of walking somewhere confidently, seeing him mid stride and putting my foot down just fine… but feeling like I stumbled.
— Ranata Suzuki
They say “Follow your heart”….…. But I can’t follow you where you’re going…
— Ranata Suzuki
They say the truth hurts. And these words hurt more than any I have ever written. But they are the truth – The cold, hard, undeniable truth.Not letting go doesn’t keep him with you.It’s still over. He’s still gone.… And nothing will ever change that.
— Ranata Suzuki
Perhaps I was easier to shake off for you because you’re such a together person. I was just an extra layer on the outside… like a blanket you could shrug off and feel just the same…. except maybe a little colder….But I was always a broken person that was haphazardly held together by little more than my own strength. And so you just seeped in the cracks and mingled with my insides until you became an inseparable part of me. And as painful as that is, it still kind of warms me to know I will always carry a part of you with me.
— Ranata Suzuki
When we’re young, we think that Love and Hate live on opposite sides of the street from one another; But as we get older we realise they’re actually next door neighbours with paper thin walls.
— Ranata Suzuki
It is the deepest of wrongs I am driven to write…. And losing you was one of them.
— Ranata Suzuki
I refuse to be put in a cage that gleams golden for many, but bronze for me. I would much rather be a dove in the sky, flying out into the open, into the sky, into the beyond.
— Mekiah Johnson
When looking for a job, ignore (don't even bother with them) those companies who expect you to literally do everything for them and also fail to mention anything about your pay. This is a huge red flag. Run as fast as you can and don't look back.
— Chris Mentillo
Oh yes. Sometimes love hurts. But the lack of love kills.
— Karishma Magvani
Laissez faire, laissez passer.
— François Quesnay
Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
— Ranata Suzuki
She is of the strangest beauty and the darkest courage, and when she walks with intent the earth trembles beneath her feet.
— Nicole  Lyons, Hush
I don’t think you ever really understood….…. All the love I had in the world went to you.
— Ranata Suzuki
How many times did we pass each other before we met? If only I’d known…. I would have searched for you endlessly.If only I’d found you before it was already too late.
— Ranata Suzuki
When I was with him suddenly I wasn’t this broken person anymore.I was just me.I was whole again.I was just a person – like everyone else.
— Ranata Suzuki
With you in my life I felt like I could conquer anything.It was as if I was on top of the world and even the stars themselves were just within my grasp.But without you …. even getting through the day is hard.
— Ranata Suzuki
Sometimes love is nothing more than a sticky web
—  illusions spun from clever minds and bitter hearts.
Banyak orang berkata jika rindu itu pahit, aku curiga mereka menyimpan rindu di empedu bukan dihati.
— nom de plume
Advising gives a great illusion of superiority
— Harrish Sairaman
I need to stop running back to you in my mind all the time.
— Ranata Suzuki
It is easier to pluck a flower than to nurture it
—  which is why some would prefer to destroy your talents than nurture them.
I’m an Exquisite Black Queen! I like, love, and celebrate myself. I don’t fit society’s beauty standards, but I’m beautiful to me. I know my worth and I respect who I am as a woman. I’ve got beauty on the inside and that makes me empowered and powerful. I’m fearless and comfortable in my own skin. I’ve got flaws, but I’m still confident! This Queen right here is flawed yet phenomenal, valuable and unique!
— Stephanie Lahart
Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.
— Don Roff
Today, I am doing well in every aspect of my life. But, this is only because I've realized that I can do it.
— Mohith Agadi
Just because you support equal rights doesn't mean you are a feminist.
— Hunter Avallone
What we think about others is what others think about US!
— Harrish Sairaman
There are only 2 things in this world, you and the rest of you. When this becomes ‘one’ you are enlightened.
— Harrish Sairaman
There are no crash courses on ‘enlightenment’, you only crash in a course like that.
— Harrish Sairaman
If you can't talk about, write about it!
— Tracey Reddick
I stopped writing in the obvious. I wrote how I saw it and if they don’t understand it, that’s fine.
— Dominic Riccitello
Don't let your past dictate your future,
— Chris Mentillo, A True Tale of Horror
You draw characters speaking loud and clear but you’re not hearing them.” her mother told her, then she kissed her forehead and mumbled how she liked her art and went downstairs. Cecilia wrote these words on her bedroom wall, just behind her headboard for no one to see it but herself to know that it exists.
— Basma Salem, The Art Of Black
Be the decision, not ego.
— Avishek Mondal
Kegagalan hanyalah keberhasilan yang tertunda.
— Bagus Eksa
Mistakes are proof that you're trying
— Unknown
We are governed by our moods
—  should be the other way around.
Every complaint is just another opportunity to learn about the person better. Get curious, not angry!
— Harrish Sairaman
Don’t talk while having food was only meant to be in integrity with food.
— Harrish Sairaman
...един добър мъж е толкова силен, колкото е нужно на подходящата за него жена.
— Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
Millions of sane people would each be sexually attracted to their own parent or child if they were not related to them.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
...As if you have discovered a beach you have been visiting all your life is made not of sand but of diamonds, and they blind you with their beauty...Diamonds might be blinding in their beauty, but they were also the hardest and sharpest gems in the world. They could cut you or grind you down, smash and slice you apart. Malcolm, deranged with love, had not thought of that. But Julian could think of nothing else.
— Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows
So, the darkness hid the little girl in herself,to protect her from the wolves with the human mask on their faces.
— Sweara Ahmed
Life is not a dress rehearsal. Finding love is all about taking a risk, taking control of your social life, and knowing that you won't waste today because tomorrow is a gift.
— Fran Greene
Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
My own heart is in my characters. My novels are my memories
—  they are the best part of me.
Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
bila tanganku tak mampu lagi menyentuhmu, maka biarlah doa menggantikannya
— Rian Prasetia, @sekadar_coretan
merindukanmu adalah indahnya rasa, yang sukar kusembunyikan keresahannya
— Rian Prasetia, @sekadar_coretan
pada akhirnya yang pergi akan kembali,entah pada pelukan, atau pada masing-masing kenangan
— Rian Prasetia, @sekadar_coretan
Original sin and conscious awareness of human fallibility is the perpetual agent of transformation in human affairs. Humankind’s behavior is pathological; it is an admixture of instinct and reason, kindness and cruelty, immorality and seeking redemption.
— Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before they tell us what we could or should do with our own money.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
She was his dawn of bliss He was her dusk of wounds,Each day they came up to See and touch They couldn't stay for long But they looked perfect together ~
— Tanya Gambhir
Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
In some cases, you can tell how somebody is being treated by their own boss from the way they are treating someone to whom they are a boss.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
I have better things to do.’‘Like what?’He opens one eye and looks at me. ‘Like convince a stubborn girl to admit she’s madly in love with me.’I can’t help but smile.‘So if it’s not a pig farm that you want, what is it?’ he asks.I swallow. ‘How about a safe place to live where we don’t have to scrounge for food or fight for it?’‘It’s yours.’‘That’s it? All I have to do is ask?’‘No. There’s a price for everything.’‘I knew it. What is it?’‘Me.
— Susan Ee
Of course, things always seem more impressive when you're a little kid.
— Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves
Growing be the goalSuccess will follow ~
— Tanya Gambhir
I don't get bad bitches
—  I make them.
I have licked the fire and danced in the ashes of every bridge I ever burned. I fear no hell from you.
— Nicole  Lyons, Hush
They say the distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success, I believe you can say the same thing about the distance between good and evil.
— Carl R White
Passion in every word I wrote, passion in every single thought.
— Bernard Jan
Some people are each holding on to a lover of theirs who no longer loves them and/or who they no longer love, only because they do not want to have a reason or another reason to be jealous of the person who would eventually be their lover if they let go of them.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
There's something better than an 'excuse' for your mistake, which is 'now you know how to stop it from happening again'.
— Mohith Agadi
If my fall made you smile, you might not want to witness what's about to happen when I get up.
— Yvonne Pierre, The Day My Soul Cried:  A Memoir
Most men would no longer enjoy conversing with most women if they stopped bringing their vaginas along.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all of the things that we can do … and pretty much all of the things that we cannot do.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Post-structuralism is a reaction to structuralism and works against seeing language as a stable, closed system. It is a shift from seeing the poem or novel as a closed entity, equipped with definite meanings which it is the critic's task to decipher, to seeing literature as irreducibly plural, an endless play of signifiers which can never be finally nailed down to a single center, essence, or meaning.Jan Rybicki, 2003
— E. smith sleigh, Post Structuralism and Related Quotes: from Jacques Derrida, Judith Kristeva, and Many Others
Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A woman does not become whole until she has a baby.
— Chris Mentillo, A True Tale of Horror
There is nothing betterthan us,making memories of us.
— Timothy Joshua
Grief is a matter of the heart and soul. Grieve your loss, allow it in, and spend time with it. Suffering is the optional part. Love never dies, and spirit knows no loss. Keep in mind that a broken heart is an open heart.
— Louise Hay
A woman does not become whole, until she has a baby.
— Chris Mentillo, Weird Tales of Horror: "Stories From The Dead."
At some point your candle will go out, so make use of the light.
— Shaun Hick
أن تعيش يعني أحياناً أن تنتظر
— Sándor Márai, Casanova in Bolzano
He didn't liehe just gave her false hopes~
— Tanya Gambhir
A women does not become whole, until she has a baby.
— Chris Mentillo
If he only knew how she refuse to let him go even when he was gone ~
— Tanya Gambhir
She knew he was gone when his " call me when you reach home " reduced to " bye " and his unsaid goodnight with kisses turned to " gn tc sd ". ~
— Tanya Gambhir
What a MOTHER means
— Multitask PersonaOverwork beingTender heartedness humanEncourages peopleReliable friend
Bigheadedness is usually a symptom of small-mindedness.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Ready for the cheap escapeOn the brink of self destruction Widespread panic Broken glass inside my head Bleeding down these thoughts ~
— Tanya Gambhir
Part-time effort means part-tim results.
— Tony Curl
Not everyone who talks less or keeps quiet whenever they are with or around you does that because they find you interesting or knowledgeable
—  some people do that because they find you boring or ignorant.
Some people would have killed themselves and/or someone else if they were single
—  and some people would not have done that.
Melanin is an incomparable beauty. From the lightest to the darkest skin tone, Black women and Black girls are exquisite beauty in every shade. Yes, Black females have that special something that just can’t be ignored. We are Melanin Queens, beautifully created! Respect the complexion.
— Stephanie Lahart
Melanin Fiercely Poppin’ on Purpose.
— Stephanie Lahart
Some people will hate you for not loving them.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry.
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
I kept you so well, buried beneath the darkest shame and stilled with filthy lies. Perhaps I should have dug deeper.
— Nicole  Lyons
We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only person who someone is sleeping with does not necessarily mean that he or she loves you.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A seemingly simple task like taking a bath or wearing a condom feels like multitasking to someone who suffers from hemiplegia or has only one hand.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
When you find a truth that surpasses your desire to fit trends and meet approval, you can be certain it’s worth fighting to spread.
— Caroline George, The Vestige
Most human beings strongly believe that money is way less important than the life of a human being, but in reality five hundred, fifty, or even five dollars are way more important to the lives of most human beings than the lives of most human beings.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
...It's who you are. You're like a hummingbird, defying reality, a beautiful mystery, spreading your sweetness to all the needy flowers. Well, I'm no pretty garden blossom and I don't need your brand of sugar.
— Karin Kallmaker, The Kiss That Counted
To cherish my purity and set boundaries are, in my opinion, the highest forms of feminism—a woman who saves her body proves she is strong and secure enough to resist the men who seek to claim her, that she’s more than what lies between her legs.
— Caroline George, The Vestige
I twist and pin my hair at the nape of my neck, and then stand with legs wide. It’s what Nash told me to do before speaking because men, no matter how many times they profess women are equal, prefer to take direction from bodies like theirs.
— Caroline George, The Vestige
You don’t know what love is until you find it,” he whispered, “but when you do, promise me you won’t let it go. Promise you’ll seek it out even when you’re scared it’ll hurt.
— Caroline George, The Vestige
Oh, dear God!” Janice bellowed and looked as though her neck was made of rubber as her head wobbled back and forth. Lou set the book back on the credenza as Janice stormed out. “Ashton, I’m sorry you had to witness that. As you well know, Mom has never been a pleasant woman. Since coming to live here, she’s been a nightmare on two legs. I’ve had her head examined, and there’s no tumor or disease to explain her behavior. The neurologist and our family doctor have simply diagnosed her as a chronic jackass.
— Robin Alexander, Patty's Potent Potion
Premeditated anger is a bitch. Instead of saying, "Next time he does this, I will ... ", say, "Next time he does that, I will show him more patience and more love. That's premeditative love. She's much sexier!
— Ace Antonio Hall
She dared to love againShe dared to give herself againShe lost the battle again with tears shedding down the rosy cheeksShe lost herself again~
— Tanya Gambhir
Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human being or pretending to be pained by that.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
How was practice?" Shawna asked when Jet walked into the kitchen. "You must've worked hard again, you smell like a wet puppy." "We did." Jet grabbed a bottle of water from the refrigerator. " Your buddy said she was proud of us today." "That's good." Shawna smiled as checked on their dinner. " Are you starting to like her now?" I don't want to beat her with my flagpole anymore, but I wouldn't say I like her. Now your other friend is all up in the punch. Mrs. Scofield was at practice today passing out chocolate milk and telling us what to do with our glitter," Jet said and took a drink of her water. Shawna glanced at Jet. "What're you going to do with the glitter?" "Put it on my eyelids. Personally, I think we're gonna look like sparkly hookers, but makeup isn't my call...
— Robin Alexander, Patty's Potent Potion
The worst thing that can happen to you today is "nothing" because anything else, either good or bad, can help you learn to live life to the fullest.
— Mohith Agadi
Brilliant boom of Spring is nothing if not for the timely death of Autumn~
— Tanya Gambhir
The truth is crazier than lies because lies are required to stick to possibilities—the truth isn’t.
— Caroline George, The Vestige
What's the deal? Why can't he lookinto my eyes when I have words of appreciation lined up for him.Has he simply forgotten how he feels?all his emotions plunged into oblivion.or he is so full to talk about it.He won't confide in mewhich I understand is his choice.I really wish to butI can barely get under his skin.But what I know about him ishe feels very sad andhe has honest eyes.And every broken heart should have a place in this world.He has a place in my heart~
— Tanya Gambhir
I am tired of all my emotionsI am tired of all your emotions,I don't want you to leaveI know you can't stay,I need you as much as you need me,But you need to walk awayand I need to watch you leave~
— Tanya Gambhir
You don't need to be everyone, nothing is ever awesome than to be comfortable in your own skin.
— Adedayo Olabamiji
...I may seem like this flawless creature to you, someone with infinite wisdom and patience who always says the right thing, but, just like you—your parents—despite doing my best with what I have, I fail sometimes." A lone tear dangles from her eye. "And today is the fifth anniversary of my mother's death, so excuse me if I can't listen as attentively while you go on about how your parents screwed you up.
— Harper Bliss, At the Water's Edge
...If only Dad hadn't cheated. If only Mom had found a way to be happier. If only Nina hadn't run away. If only I could deal with it better. 'If' and 'only' are the two most useless words in the human vocabulary, Dr. Hakim had made a habit of saying. They should never be used together in a sentence, because they speak of something that's beyond your ability to change. A waste of energy.
— Harper Bliss, At the Water's Edge
More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling in mud.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Our parting was like a stalemate….Neither of us won. Yet both of us lost.And worse still … that unshakable feeling that nothing was ever really finished.
— Ranata Suzuki
Though I never really had you….… to me you will always be the one that got away.
— Ranata Suzuki
You’re everything to me. But at best, I’m just a memory to you.
— Ranata Suzuki
A kiss….….. is just a kiss….Until it’s all you reminisce.(Then the memory becomes your most treasured possession.)
— Ranata Suzuki
I know he wasn’t perfect…But he did the best impression of it I’ve ever seen.
— Ranata Suzuki
Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey.
— Ernest Hemingway, QUOTABLE HEMINGWAY: An A to Z Glossary of Quotations from Ernest Hemingway
Once you drop a mask, you can never wear it again.
— Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
But if something that was good morphs into something that's not good - and is not changing back - one has to stay conscious of that too. Settling for more is not an endgame - it's an active process. It means staying aware of one's surroundings, because "more" is a fluid concept. Life changes, and requires that we change too.
— Megyn Kelly, Settle for More
The sum of our greatness lies not in asking“what do I want to do?” but rather “who do I want to be?
— Lolly Daskal, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
Within each of us are two competing sides, a polarity of character. Only one leads to greatness.
— Lolly Daskal, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
I love my job and the excitement and challenges it offers. But my job does not define me. If this job ended tomorrow I'd find another way to find that glorious feeling of accomplishment. No employer or career choice "made" me. I made me...
— Megyn Kelly, Settle for More
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet
— Anonymous
The day he came home from the hospital, he cried. I held him. I thought he would never stop.I knew that a part of him would never be the same.They cracked more than his ribs.
— Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Sometimes you have to go upReally high to understand HOW small You Really Are
— Felix Baumgartner, Himmelsstürmer: Mein Leben im freien Fall
...the Cupcake Nation mentality - "Everyone's a winner!" - is so dangerous. When we try to protect the young from any vaguely uncomfortable ideas or encounters, we do them a grave disservice. Being tested by different viewpoints in my life, being sometimes offended or occasionally hurt, or even targeted, is a big part of what prepared me for the challenged I've faced in my career..,
— Megyn Kelly, Settle for More
Reputation is what men and women think of us
—  character is how we let them really know us.
Your greatness is revealed not by the lights that shine upon you but by the light that shines within.
— Lolly Daskal, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
There is something strangely ecstatic, oddly fascinating and infinitely magnetic about unrequited love.
— Arshpreet Kaur
She was walking toward the beauty shop when Shay came out the door moving fast. The first thing Jill noticed was Shay’s hair and how it appeared really big. As Shay drew closer, Jill realized she looked like she was wearing a mask with big blue streaks over the eyes and giant red pouty lips. “What happened to you?” Jill asked in shock. “I’m not sure,” Shay said, looking just as stunned. “One minute, I was reading a magazine, and the next, two women that looked like Dolly Parton descended on me like vultures. They started putting stuff on my face, then they did all kinds of things to my hair.” Anne walked out of the shop next; her Napoleon hat ’do rode higher than ever. Ella followed with her little red hair ball reinflated. “Doesn’t Shay just look beautiful?” Ella chirped. She looked like a hooker who’d just survived a wind tunnel, but Jill nodded and tried to smile.
— Robin Alexander, The Trip
Let’s get to our site,” Anne said. “I’m gonna need a nap before the hunt…and lunch.” “Do you wish you would’ve gotten that rental car this morning?” Jill whispered as Anne and Ella settled into their seats. Shay nodded. “Uh-huh.” Jill had seen many campgrounds, but her jaw sagged, and her foot slipped off the gas pedal twice. Sally rolled on slowly as she stared at the cadre of camouflaged vehicles and tents. One man sat atop his RV in a lawn chair, his binoculars trained on the woods beyond. “They really do take this seriously,” Shay whispered in awe. “This is like a militaristic zone.” Jill backed into a slip covered with a quilt of netting and camouflage tarps strung from the trees high overhead. “What is the reason for all of this?” she asked. “The campground is designed to blend in with nature to be more welcoming to the Bigfoot,” Anne explained. “That’s what they told us when we checked in.” “Oh, is that it? Well, let me just craft a banner that says, ‘We come in peace or bite-sized pieces,”’ Jill said with a sardonic laugh.
— Robin Alexander, The Trip
A woman is at heart – a wild creature.But the creature itself … that depends on you. (His wild rabbit – your wild horse)
— Ranata Suzuki
You know what I absolutely hate?When people say "the first African-american to do this or the first native to do this" like, seriously, I don't care. At all. I care much more about what you do than the color of your skin. You are just another human being like everybody else.
— Mekiah Johnson
Anybody can take offense in everything. You will just go crazy if you try to make everything politically correct every single second.
— Mekiah Johnson
If you're having a bad day, just remember, like my videos, life will only get better!
— Chloe Huang
I feel an emptiness open in my chest, coupled with a strange downward pull in my throat. I think, this is my heart sinking.
— Kermit Roosevelt III, Allegiance
Vengeance ought to be spoken through gritted teeth, spittle flying, the cords of one's soul so entangled in it that you can't let it go, even if you try. If you feel it--if you really feel it--then you speak it like it's a still-beating heart clenched in your fist and there's blood running down your arm, dripping off your elbow, and you can't let go.
— Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
You can miss places. You can miss people.Just know that what you’re really missing is the way things were. And even if you could go there again…. see them again…. you can’t go back.They’re not the same.You’re not the same.The loss of them changed you.
— Ranata Suzuki
If you’re searching for a quote that puts your feelings into words – you won’t find it.You can learn every language and read every word ever written – but you’ll never find what’s in your heart.How can you?He has it.
— Ranata Suzuki
I didn’t love you to seek revenge.I didn’t love you out of loneliness or unhappiness.I didn’t love you for any of the misguided reasons that time might convince you I did.I just loved you because you’re you.
— Ranata Suzuki
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
It hurts that I was just one page in the book of your life…But what hurts more is knowing you’ll revise that chapter someday….….. and you’ll erase me completely.
— Ranata Suzuki
I try to do something positive – I socialise more…But deep down I know the truth.An entire world of people can never replace the one that I’ve lost.
— Ranata Suzuki
Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Environment is no one's property to destroy
—  it's everyone's responsibility to protect.
I had always wanted to hear those words.I had always wanted to be your girl.
— Ranata Suzuki
Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their clients, it is to save the court time.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
I laughed, and cried, and then woke up.
— Meeta Ahluwalia
I never wanted to be safe... I wanted to be good.
— Kermit Roosevelt III, Allegiance
People will never get in touch with democracy. It's always surrounded by bodyguards.
— Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
But for a moment I stay there, suspended above the green swell of the land as though thrown up onto the crest of a wave, seeing for the first time a break in the at horizon. For this the boats crossed the ocean, the wagons climbed the mountain pass. For this the songs were sung with desert all around. This is what is given: the promise there is still a way, if we can find it, the promise we can always be renewed.
— Kermit Roosevelt III, Allegiance
The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
I find that love is confusing, lust is always definitive.
— Carl R White
One of the main functions of a push-up bra is to lower the number of mothers who seem like mothers.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
If you were called to gallop like the horse, never end up hopping like the frog. Rise up for greatness.
— Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You
A hunter who is going to shoot an antelope does not waste his bullets on the dog.
— Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You
The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are … or they think we are.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
She flicked off the light and was about to step out onto the balcony when she heard a familiar sound. She smiled and went to the rail. “Now I’ve seen everything,” she whispered as Lexi climbed down onto the balcony. They looked at one another for a moment without saying a word. Cate felt her heart race as Lexi’s dark eyes penetrated through her mask like lasers. Lexi reached for her and pulled her inside.
— Giselle Fox, Sun Catcher: Book One
Good and Bad are like God and Devil. It's up to you, who do you want to summon.
— Mohith Agadi
It’s just never going to get any easier is it. It’s never going away, this missing you. It’s going to become a sadness I incorporate into myself – along with all the other sadnesses – and quietly carry around with me forever…
— Ranata Suzuki
For you are you, and I am I, and once we were we… but as long as I exist and so do you – know that I will always love you.
— Ranata Suzuki
Don't live the same day over and over again and call that a life. Life is about evolving mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.
— Germany Kent
I still think of you every day.But I’m trying not to let it hurt me with the same intensity that it used to.
— Ranata Suzuki
There’s only ever been one person I’ve looked at and thought…‘I could quite easily spend the entire rest of my life with that man’.And sooner or later I need to accept that he’s spending it with somebody else.
— Ranata Suzuki
How do you love someone and just… walk away? Just like that. You just, go on as normal…. You get up, get dressed, go to work… How can you do that? How can you be okay with that?
— Ranata Suzuki
Whatever it is that stirs your soul, listen to that. Everything else is just noise.
— Nicole  Lyons
An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
I, too, stood on the sacred image. For a moment this foot was on his face. It was on the face of the man who has been ever in my thoughts, on the face that was before me on the mountains, in my wanderings, in prison, on the best and most beautiful face that any man can ever know, on the face of him whom I have always longed to love. Even now that face is looking at me with eyes of pity from the plaque rubbed flat by many feet. « Trample ! » said those compassionate eyes. « Trample ! Your foot suffers in pain ; it must suffer like all the feet that have stepped on this plaque. But that pain alone is enough. I understand your pain and your suffering. It is for that reason that I am here. »« Lord, I resented your silence. »« I was not silent. I suffered beside you. »
— Shūsaku Endō, Silence
To fully encapsulate my creativity, I read to inhale, write to exhale. The whole process helps me breathe story.
— Ace Antonio Hall, Lord of the Flies: Fitness for Writers
Unless they are off duty, no matter how wide it is, and even when it is sincere, a smile seems fake if the job description of the person who is smiling includes smiling.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Things are always either black or white. The grey in between is only a confusion.
— Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
While farmers contribute to our survival, let us also do our part by showing them respect in form of not wasting food.
— Mohith Agadi
« My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast ! I will sing and make melody ! Awake my soul ! Awake, O harp and lyre ! I will awake the dawn. » In childhood these words had always risen in his mind when he watched the wind blow over the blue sky and through the trees ; but that was a time when God was not as now an object of fear and perplexity but one who was near to the earth, giving harmony and living joy. 
— Shūsaku Endō, Silence
Money has the power to get, all that you want.Money has the power to make you forget, all that you want.
— Akash Lakhotia, World Hypnotized: Making of the Fuhrer
Without Creativity there is no INNOVATION!
— Carmela Ward
Some people have contracted HIV during their separate endeavours to give someone or some people a curable STD.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Famine sometimes increases the number of people who are overweight.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana