Quotes of Joan Didion

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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

- Joan Didion

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“ Life is a series of pulls back and forth... A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live somewhere in the middle. A wrestling match...Which side win? Love wins. Love always wins ”

- Mitch Albom

“ It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ I will love you even when I am dust on the wind. ”

- Nalini Singh

“ Let no one who loves be called unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow. ”

- J. M. Barrie

“ I believe in love the verb, not the noun. ”

- Greg Behrendt

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ I do love nothing in the world so well as you is not that strange? ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex brings up some pretty good questions. ”

- Woody Allen

“ I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ”

- William M. Thackery

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ So many reasons to hate and still I choose to love anyway... ”

- Samiha Totanji

“ We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible. ”

- Camille Paglia

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. ”

- Robert Frost

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle

“ Our children will be counted, and justice will be served. Our babies deserve a fair chance at life. We are our children’s groundbreakers; therefore, we cannot give up. We might run out of breath but we must have the willpower when moving forward to fight for our children’s voices to be heard. Bullying is not accepted ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ You are like nobody since I love you. ”

- Pablo Neruda

“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ She was rain to a parched desert She was color to a gray sky She was the beautiful butterfly you longed to possess But I let her fly For fear of breaking her wings! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. ”

- Lucille Ball

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Confusion, obsession, and potential love walk handinhand. ”

- Ashli and Trisha Edwards