Quotes of: Focal-point Keyword

Well-being is not the goal; it is the starting point. this is yet another realization that could change everything dramatically. it might be a concept you'd like to remind yourself of every now and then.

Parallel Universe of Self

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.

Requiem for a Dream

If a book has anything to say, it burns with a quiet laugh, because any book worth its salt points up and out of itself.

Too Loud a Solitude

I’ll stab you with a pointy thingy. Not a sword, a knife, or even a mountaintop. No, I’ll use my index finger—and just to make a point about violence.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

A triangle has three points, just like the number of horns my ex had (she was 50% more evil than Satan).

This Book Has No Title

When your actions are aligned with your dreams and goals, you become the point of origin for their reality.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Stop pointing fingers and placing blame on others. Your life can only change to the degree that you accept responsibility for it.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

In moments of prayer, people tend to pose as a critic and point out percieved flaws in God's art.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

When you're too religious, you tend to point your finger to judge instead of extending your hand to help.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Dream your dream; and realize that you are more than just the dreamer, you are the point of origin for its reality.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

In moments of prayer, people tend to pose as a critic and point out perceived flaws in God's art.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

[B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point. Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Briefing closes down a subject, reading opens it up.

The Uncommon Reader

..it sounded very good and very false at the same time, so that you had the feeling that even if was true, he was touching only on the very highest points and maybe embellishing those a little.

The Vanished

...but both their minds tending to the same point—one loving and desiring to esteem, and the other loving and desiring to be esteemed—they contrived in the end to reach it.

Wuthering Heights

I'd be glad of a retaliation that wouldn't recoil on myself; but treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends: they wound those who resort to them, worse than their enemies.

Wuthering Heights

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

When Did You See Her Last?

So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed as the book's form hardened.

The Writing Life

Prices of semicolons, plot devices, prologues and inciting incidents continued to fall yesterday, lopping twenty points off the TomJones Index.

The Well of Lost Plots

I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword." She raised an eyebrow. "Sharp as hell," Lightsong said, "but lacking a point.

Warbreaker

Enjoy your Evening." "That will depend on the menu. If it's beef, it will be a tolerable meal. If it's chicken..." Elliot shuddered. "What is the point of chicken?" "Eggs?

Written in Red