Quotes of J. M. Coetzee

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One day some as yet unborn scholar will recognize in the clock the machine that has tamed the wilds.

- J. M. Coetzee

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“ I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the covers before I do something stupid. ”

- Josephine Angelini

“ No matter what you do in life, make sure your juniors are learning something good from you. ”

- Parul Prashar

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Numbers by popular consensus don’t make a wrong thing right, and if you are misunderstood for being right, don’t be afraid because they are not yet in the right time zone. ”

- Erwin D. Maramat

“ You are attracted to the love you didn't receive as a child ”

- Jodi Ann Quarrie

“ Her smile was innocent and naive as if she didn’t know anything other than to love and be kind to others. ”

- Mariyam Hasnain

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ Changing a Habit is Never Difficult. Difficult is to Address Your Unwillingness to do it ”

- Vineet Raj Kapoor

“ Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ”

- Billy Graham

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ Growing up in wartorn country like South Sudan wasn't hard and unbearable, but I'm always thankful for the experiences I encountered; cos with them I had realized my full potential to walked in seek of change and make impact on lives of others. ”

- Luka J. Riek

“ You can't stop dreaming just because the night never seems to end. ”

- Curtis Tyrone Jones

“ To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Our own selfesteem is something we can actually twist in whatever way we want. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ the saddest thing is to be a minute to someone, when you've made them your eternity. ”

- Sanober Khan

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

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

- Samiha Totanji

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

- Stephen Chbosky

“ It is that we are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so helplessly unhappy as when we have lost our loved object or its love. ”

- Sigmund Freud

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:12 NIV) ”

- Anonymous