Even from the beginning, that was the problem. People liked pretty things. People even liked pretty things that wanted to kill and eat them.
I'm supposed to eat shit with a fork and a knife and say thank you when I'm done swallowing this crap?
When you mature in your relationship with God you realize how suffering and patience are like eating your spiritual vegetables.
it is better to be strong and cruel than to be fair. At least, one eats better that way. And morality is more dependent on the state of one's stomach than of one's nation
We assume that all statements must be mild inversions of the truth, because it's too weird to imagine people who aren't casually lying, pretty much all the time.
Some say that time is like water that flows around us (like a stone in the river) and some say we flow with time (like a twig floating on the surface of the water).
During the years he was never sick, except of course for the chronic indigestion which was universal, and still is, with men who live alone, cook for themselves, and eat in solitude.
As the doctor treated the wound, Mazer said, " I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.
So be lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience.
But it is my understanding that the health of the planet is affected by the health of every individual on it. As long as even two souls are locked in conflict, the whole of the world is contaminated by it.
In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work …
You can let yourself off the hook anytime you want, Liz. That's the divine contract of a little something we call free will.
I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?
I have nothing against any of these terms. I feel they are all equal because they are all equally adequate and inadequate descriptions of the indescribable.
We must all get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something
Back off, Jack-I got four brothers protecting my ass,' and I just rode on by him
Admittedly, I am not the one who looks fantastic in everything, but still I cannot help loving myself.
The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.
To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy.
Generally speaking, though, Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure. Ours is an entertainment-seeking nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one.
I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't wake him to share in my distress.
