“ Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. Bill Bradley
“ You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars. Charles Kuralt
“ [Buddhism and Christianity] are in one sense parallel and equal; as a mound and a hollow, as a valley and a hill. There is a sense in which that sublime despair is the only alternative to that divine… G.K. Chesterton
“ Your eyes are the windows to your soul indeed. It is a cliché for a good reason—it is a timeless truth with universal application. Susan C. Young
“ Will you let me go for Christ's sake? Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens? Arthur Miller
“ Why do you weep, child? We of the Floating World live only for the moment, giving all our time to the pleasures of cherry blossoms and snow and maple leaves, the calling of a cricket, the beauty of th… James Clavell
“ Whether you are at play in the fields of the Lord or standing next to home plate squinting at the popping pitcher, that sudden, immediate knowing can also help you envision the outcome. Laurie Nadel
“ Un amor auténtico debería de asumir la contingencia del otro, es decir, sus carencias, sus límites y su gratuidad originaria; así no pretendería ser una salvación sino una relación entre seres humanos… Simone de Beauvoir
“ Todas esas fantasmagorías son casi tan bellas como los ojos de mi hermosa amada, la locuela monstruosa de ojos verdes. Charles Baudelaire
“ In the presence of Esch, values have hidden their faces. Order, loyalty, sacrifice—he cherishes all these words, but exactly what do they represent? Sacrifice for what? Demand what sort of order? He d… Milan Kundera
“ If you dare to injure her in the least, I will await you where no policeman can step in between. And God shall judge between us two. Elizabeth Gaskell
“ I nodded. I liked Augustus Waters. I really, really, really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked his voice. I liked that he took existentially fraught free throws. I l… John Green
“ However, on one occasion, several years ago, I was idiot enough to take a dose of LSD. (I did it to please a woman.) I had what is known as a 'bad trip'. It was a very bad trip. I shall not attempt to… Iris Murdoch
“ Hobbits always so polite, yes! O nice hobbits! Smeagol brings them up secret ways that nobody else could find. Tired he is, thirsty he is, yes thirsty; and he guides them and he searches for paths, an… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Hobbes: What are you doing?Calvin: Being cool.Hobbes: You look more like you're being bored.Calvin: The world bores you when you're cool.Hobbes: Look, I brought a sombrero! Now we can both be cool.Cal… Bill Watterson