J. L. B. Smith Quotes
One doesn't lose a self, like a pair of gloves or a pine. We learn and change, or we harden into stone.
They're safe,'' he said. "And you're not made of glass". He swept me up in his arms. I laughed. "And I'm not made of glass." He carried me into our room and kicked the door shut behind us.
I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.
You've got two choices: you could either complain about it, or use it as fuel to make you a better person.
I'm going to fight my way out, I'm going to take all my equipment and all my wounded and as many dead as I can. If we can't get out this way, this Division will never fight as a unit again.
I'm alive today, therefore I'm just as much a part of our time as everybody else. The times will just have to enlarge themselves to make room for me, won't they, and for everybody else.
Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.
There are two kinds of faith. There is the natural faith. But the supernatural faith is the gift of God.
We must take our troubles to the Lord, but we must do more than that, we must leave them there.
I'm not a tweeter or a Facebooker or a Grammer. I'm a real grump when it comes to technology. I'm like, come on, just write me a letter.
Will and I are yin and yang. He's all sky, vast and bright and soaring, and I'm all earth. I'm here to ground him, and he's here to help me fly.
Life comes after you have been filled with the Holy Spirit. Get down and pray for power.
In me is working a power stronger than every other power. The life that is in me is a thousand times bigger than I am outside.
Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page.
The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.
There is a place where God, through the power of the Holy Ghost, reigns supreme in our lives.
I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.
Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.
The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.
Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.
Creativity arises from our ability to see things from many different angles.
Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.
For live you need a microphone for the snare and the high hat, the kick drum, a nice stereo overhead and one for the toms - you can get away with using four mikes.
So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us.
You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude, but they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you.
Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique.
The vaccinations are not working, and they are dangerous.. We should be working with nature.
We live in a culture in which condoms can be handed out in schools and Bibles can't. And I think that tells you everything you need to know about our society.
We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.
What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.
My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.