I had seen these transformations, people who had lost their will to live, coming back from their zombie states and radiating a new life force from their eyes.
Self-esteem...is there any greater force in the universe that can help you get things done in your life?
There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.
August has passed, and yet summer continues by force to grow days. They sprout secretly between the chapters of the year, covertly included between its pages.
At home they thought of white people as a vague but powerful entity--like the forces that control the weather, that capable of destruction, that hidden from view.
Tragedy is the driver of innovation, forcing man to move on and overcome the bonds which hold us back through the ever-present fear.
What laid me low was no mystical vision, no message from God, but a blow of compassion. In a wakeful mind, no force is more terrible, or precious.
The citizens of Ludania would finally be free, no longer forced into a class system that determined what language they could speak, what jobs they could do, or who they could be
... relationships required such vigilance, such attention. You had to hold them together by force of will, and other people took up so much space, demanded so much time. It was exhausting.
Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it.
... answered his knock with a smile, a short one forced through because she was at heart a warm person, not given to the dark mood swings which now plagued her.
I don't believe in prom,' I reminded her as she rounded a corner. I expertly angled my raisin bran to accomodate the g-forces. I'd done this before.
Debt . . . . that peculiar nexus where money, narrative or story, and religious belief intersect, often with explosive force.
You just gotta love someone with full force, even if it hurts you. Even if you end up regretting it, at least you gave it your all.
You can't stay here any more. My fears have been irrational and they've forced me to make unwise decisions and accept the unacceptable.
But literature is unique. To understand literature, you read it with your head, but you interpret it with your heart. The two are forced to work together-and, quite frankly, they often don't get along.
What is damage but forcing yourself, memories of yourself, onto someone else? Coloring someone else’s body. In reality, it’s sort of romantic. It’s why we love to hurt each other.
God, help me with my immunity force field with this boy. Falling for him would bring nothing but trouble. And I've had plenty already.
Druids were supposed to be forces of preservation, not destruction, and I could not dance around the fact that my stupid pride had turned me into a misbegotten cockwaffle.
I’m glad the government can’t tax love, because I’d owe them a lot of it. And I’d be forced to tell them how much my ex wife stole.
You don’t need gale force winds to push you in the right direction. No, all you need is a good wife to push you around.