E. Lockhart book We Were Liars
Variant: I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak -Cady Sinclair
Source: We Were Liars
Do You Believe in Gosh?
E. Lockhart book We Were Liars
Variant: I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak -Cady Sinclair
Source: We Were Liars
“I am a rock.
I am an island.
And a rock feels no pain.
And an island never cries.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
I Am a Rock
Song lyrics, Sounds of Silence (1966)
Source: Lyrics 1964-2008
Context: I am shielded in my armor
Hiding in my room safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock.
I am an island.
And a rock feels no pain.
And an island never cries.
Barry Long (1926–2003) Australian spiritual teacher and writer
Love is not a feeling ~ The Article (1995)
Context: Love is not a feeling; it's a sensation. Drinking water when you're thirsty is a sensation, not a feeling. Being in nature or swimming in the sea is a sensation, not a feeling. Lying down when you're tired is sensational, not a feeling, although you may say it feels good. Feeling is an emotional interpretation of experience and these sensations don't need interpretation; they are just good or right. Making physical love rightly is a sensation, not a feeling. So is the love of God. The same goes for joy and beauty; both are sensational.
“Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.”
William Howard Taft (1857–1930) American politician, 27th President of the United States (in office from 1909 to 1913)
Quoted in Archibald W. Butt (1930), Taft and Roosevelt.
Attributed
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
"Marilyn Monroe Pours Her Heart Out" interview by Richard Meryman, in LIFE (3 August 1962)
Pink (singer) (1979) American singer-songwriter
So What, written by Pink, Max Martin, and Shellback
Song lyrics, Funhouse (2008)
“I only drink on two occasions — When I am thirsty and when I'm not.”
Brendan Behan (1923–1964) Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright
As quoted in Malcolm Arnold: Rogue Genius (2004) by Anthony Meredith and Paul Harris, p. 337
Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) Swedish painter
Quote of Friedrich, 1821; as cited in Authenticity and Fiction in the Russian Literary Journey, 1790-1840 (2000) by Andreas Schönle, p. 108, from memoirs of Vasily Zhukovsky
Variant translation: I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature.
This answer of Friedrich is recorded by Vasily Zhukovsky who asked the painter in 1821 to travel together to Switzerland
1794 - 1840