Quotes about the trip page 33
Susan Beth Pfeffer book Life As We Knew It
Source: Life As We Knew It
Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer
Source: An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington
Jerry Bridges (1929–2016) American writer
Source: Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts
“Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle.”
Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes
Source: Eleven Minutes
Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
Random Thoughts http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell101705.asp, Oct. 17, 2005 <br class="br">2000s
Anthony Doerr (1973) American writer
Source: Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”
Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor
“I carry a lot of scars. I like the way that sounds. I carry aof scars.”
Alex Garland (1970) English novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director
Alison McGhee (1960) American novelist
Source: All Rivers Flow To The Sea
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald (28 May 1934); published in Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters 1917–1961 (1981) edited by Carlos Baker
“all girls are beautiful in their own way”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Burn for Me
Arundhati Roy (1961) Indian novelist, essayist
From a speech entitled Confronting Empire http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=51&ItemID=2919 given at the World Social Forum in Porto Allegre, 28 January 2003 <br class="br">Speeches <br class="br">Variant: Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. <br class="br">Source: War Talk
“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.”
Lillian Hellman The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes (1939)
“Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought.”
Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984)
Context: Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest external horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives.
Context: For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest external horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives.
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
"A Cult of Ignorance", Newsweek (21 January 1980) http://media.aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf <br class="br">General sources <br class="br">Context: There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Lois McMaster Bujold book The warrior's Apprentice
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)
“People don't change. If anything, you get more set in your ways as you get older, not less”
Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride
Source: Along for the Ride
“One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.”
Harold Pinter (1930–2008) playwright from England
Writing for the Theatre (1962)
Source: Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics
Context: The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its true place. When true silence falls we are left with echo but are nearer nakedness. One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness. (14)
“I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.”
Carol Ann Duffy (1955) British writer and professor of contemporary poetry
Tsunetomo Yamamoto book Hagakure
As translated by William Scott Wilson. This first sentence of this passage was used as a military slogan during the early 20th century to encourage soldiers to throw themselves into battle. Variant translations:
Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning. Move on with determination. To say dying without attaining ones aim is a foolish sacrifice of life is the flippant attitude of the sophisticates in the Kamigata area. In such a case it is difficult to make the right judgement. No one longs for death. We can speculate on whatever we like. But if we live without having attaining that aim, we are cowards. This is an important point and the correct path of the Samurai. When we calmly think of death morning and evening and are in despair, We are able to gain freedom in the way of the Samurai. Only then can we fulfil our duty without making mistakes in life.
By the Way of the warrior is meant death. The Way of the warrior is death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. It means nothing more than this. It means to see things through, being resolved.
I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.
The way of the Samurai is in death.
I have found the essence of Bushido: to die!
Hagakure (c. 1716)
Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Context: The Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance. To say that dying without reaching one's aim is to die a dog's death is the frivolous way of sophisticates. When pressed with the choice of life or death, it is not necessary to gain one's aim.
We all want to live. And in large part we make our logic according to what we like. But not having attained our aim and continuing to live is cowardice. This is a thin dangerous line. To die without gaining one's aim is a dog's death and fanaticism. But there is no shame in this. This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai. If by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. His whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling.
“The way you look at things is the most powerful force in shaping your life.”
John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher
Source: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
“You doona want to kill me, which is a good sign. Maybe this is your way of flirting?” (Garreth)”
Kresley Cole American writer
Source: Pleasure of a Dark Prince
“We never can just stop time. Or take moments back. Life doesn't work that way, does it?”
Christine Feehan American writer
Source: Oceans of Fire
Seth Godin (1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker
"Competition as a crutch" http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/07/competition-as-a-crutch.html Seth's Blog (2012-07-16) <br class="br">Source: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
“We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.”
Jon Ronson book So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Source: So You've Been Publicly Shamed
“Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.”
Bill Gates (1955) American business magnate and philanthropist
“There are so many ways to be alive, but only one way to be dead.”
Nicole Krauss The History of Love
Source: The History of Love
“I think we have established in so many ways that I am hot enough for the both of us”
Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Sabrina Ward Harrison (1975) Canadian writer
Quoted by Katherine Martin in Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived Them, p. 268 (1999)
