Quotes of Steve Almond

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I was saddled with this strange name, which meant that I was constantly, constantly, being serenaded with the Sometimes you feel like a nut Almond Joy/Mounds jingle.

- Steve Almond

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“ As powerful as your genetic combination is in determining the outcome of your life, your decisions are more powerful. You will ultimately look like your decisions. ”

- Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ Don't be pushed by your problems;be led by your dreams. Believe in you. ”

- Vasso Charalambous

“ Love is beautiful as written in The Greatest Proposal Book ”

- Khuliso Mamathoni

“ No,' Nora said, almost in a whisper. 'It's because ' she looked carefully for the words 'you didn't stare at me. I saw you blush, and you immediately lowered your eyes. And I should have been embarrassed, ashamed... but I, I just felt safe, and I stood there unafraid.' She closed her eyes, taking in all the feelings of gratitude she had for that moment. 'That's when I knew I could trust you in a way that I didn't know was possible. ”

- Hani Selim

“ 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

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ Bagiku ada sesuatu yang paling berharga dan hakiki dalam kehidupan: 'dapat mencintai, dapat iba hati, dapat merasai kedukaan'. Tanpa itu semua maka kita tidak lebih dari benda. Berbahagialah orang yang masih mempunyai rasa cinta, yang belum sampai kehilangan benda yang paling bernilai itu. Kalau kita telah kehilangan itu maka absurdlah hidup kita. ”

- Soe Hok Gie

“ Being love rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. ”

- Ram Dass

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Believe or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options. ”

- Bill Hicks

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

“ The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ”

- Émile Zola

“ Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase. ”

- Martin Luther King

“ Love is blind, they say–but isn’t it more that love makes us see too much? Isn’t it more that love floods our brain with sights and sounds, so that everything looks bigger, brighter, more lovely than ever before? ”

- Susan Fletcher Eve Green

“ A life lived in love will never be dull. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. ”

- Arthur Rubenstein

“ If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be. ”

- Wanda E. Brunstetter

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

- Carla Olson Gade

“ Life is a game and true love is a trophy. ”

- Rufus Wainwright

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler