Jo Bell Quotes

As a writer, Bibi, you could be a doctor of the soul.

As long as you stay determined, you will stay focused and you will succeed

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.

In that hothouse atmosphere, criminal records bloomed like orchids all around us.

Violence is born of the desire to escape oneself.

Sometimes you can't fight. Sometimes, some things, you have to outlast.

There is a saying: Genius is perseverance. While genius does not consist entirely of editing, without editing it's pretty useless.

I guess I should have known back then. All the guys after him only left flesh wounds. Benjamin managed to get into my bones on day one.

Slowly I swam up from the bottom of a black sleep.

The principle of equality, which is at the core of democratic values, has very little meaning in a world in which global oligarchy is taking over.

I believe the discussion itself is divine.

I do not think it matters whether one agrees or not as long as one is forced to think.

Vincent had ten major ideas every week: three brilliant, five good, and two ridiculous.

It is not the spirit of wealth, of learning, or of culture that can make the church of value, or a power for good in the world, but the spirit of Christ only.

It is this dependency that became, and is, the breeding ground for abuses of power.

Don't sound so grumpy. Next thing you know you'll be whinning and giving me puppy dog eyes.

Love isn’t meant to be hidden away and life is too short for shame.

There’s a coward and a fool, and both of them are you, My heart is cracked and broken, but yours is frozen through.

Teach me how to fly, my beautiful butterfly.

He was so handsome, so beautiful. Inside and out.

Things that other people do, or that happen to people you love, are some of the things you can't fight.

Dying is Easy, its Living that's hard

She looked terrible, but very wise.

To the untrained eye, Ben had nothing, at least by the bizarre rules that governed high school. But really, Ben was one of the few who wasn't pretending, one of the few who was free.

Addiction makes love impossible.

When was the last time you woke up and wished you'd had just one more drink the night before?I have never regretted not drinking. Say this to yourself, and you'll get through anything.

Getting sober is a radically creative act.

It's not pain. It's raw material.

If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.

Ben wore the same goofy smile as in the photo. Take that, new guy! I can make him happy too!

The mutual practice of giving and receiving is an everyday ritual when we know true love.

When we are loving, we openly and honestly express care, affection, responsibility, respect, commitment, and trust.

People were clueless. Allthey ever went by was appearance and rumor.

But death is not easy, and life can win by simulating it.

Those who have nothing give everything and those who have everything give nothing.

Sometimes I scare myself with how quickly I can come up with lies.

People live inside the stories they tell themselves. Others see about you the things that you believe.

I know that you always take around because you talk so much, but I like to always know what's happening in your world.

It’s like my whole life my left ring finger has been lacking something, and finally it feels complete.

... it is easier to tell someone closer to you before you tell your partner.

The fact that I am marrying the man of my dreams is all that matters.

Instead I’ve built a house made of lies that have come crashing down around me.

The truth is, far too many people in our culture do not know what love is. And this not knowing feels like a terrible secret, a lack that we have to cover up.

The chatterer reveals every corner of his shallow mind.

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream ofyesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.

With no one to share suchbeauty the attraction fades.

A refreshed mind is a creative and productive one

I don't know how long I kept at it...I felt reasonably safe, streched out on the floor, and lay quite still.It didn't seem to be summer any more

God always has a plan for you, before you even have a plan for yourself.

A hero is merely a man never afraid of being called to heaven because he is certain he has done his duty, Nicholas." -Admiral Lord Nelson (fictional)