Do we choose sleep? Hell no and bullshit - we fall. We give ourselves over to possibility, to whim and fancy, to the bed, to the pillow, the tiny white tablet. And these choose for us.
Tim O'Brien
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... …he wanted to sleep inside her lungs and breathe her blood and be smothered. He wanted her to be a... TIM O'BRIEN Take these broken wings and learn to fly. PAUL MCCARTNEY Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell. DEYTH BANGER The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. ERIC ROTH You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every da... VI KEELAND Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you. KODY KEPLINGER I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l... MARK SMITH What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough ... DOUGLAS ADAMS One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit o... DOUGLAS ADAMS We are here to love hard and true. Here to give ourselves over to the rush and bliss of it all. Here... JEANETTE LEBLANC We do not choose to be born...We do not--most of us, choose to die, or the times or conditions of ou... JOSEPH EPSTEIN The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic... ODO SIMON AGBO Judge not lest ye be judged. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW Preparation is good for success and it is a noble thing to prepare excellently for success, but in r... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to cho... MARTHA BECK Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring,... CRAIG GROESCHEL All men and women are born, live suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dream... JOSEPH EPSTEIN Life is a competition to eliminate fear and doubts to double our life to live better not bitter in t... NAZIM AMBALATH We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL When someone says we need to talk , what he or she usually means is you will listen . An... JAMES ANDERSON A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hea... DONNA TARTT I don't spend a lot of time asking "WHY?" Instead I focus on what I should do now or how I should re... JEFF DIXON-THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM Choose who to follow. You can't follow everyone that shows up SOTONYE ANGA She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART All right. Have it your own way. Road to hell paved with unbought stuffed dogs.Not my fault. ERNEST HEMINGWAY Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON O hell! to choose love by another's eye. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL - Mrzim sve što je odricanje! - Ni ja, Ivane, ne pristajem da se odričem. Ja hoću ceo, sav, ... DOBRICA ĆOSIć In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terr... DOUGLAS ADAMS To make one mistake, and then fix it. It shows, a sign that you have understood the lesson. DEYTH BANGER She was restless. She drove a little too fast, swam a little too far offshore. She hitchhiked. She s... ELIZABETH WINDER Boring people live boring lives. HABEEB AKANDE Can I buy you a drink when you get off?" "I don't drink. Alcohol is bad for my legs." ERIC JEROME DICKEY He'd never forget what Naasir had said to him when Dmitri yelled that he didn't intend to bury anoth... NALINI SINGH Seeking survival, hostile, hidden from sight, Deliciously flavoured - juicy, sweet bite, E... CLAUDIA BAKKER He muttered something foul and then climbed the stairs, rapping twice on Timmie’s door. “Ri... JEANIENE FROST Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN You have to choose your path. You have to decide what you wish to do. You are the only per... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We simply do not allow space in our hearts, minds, or souls for darkness. Instead, we choose f... MICHELLE OBAMA Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL Working hard is not a waste of time, but a state of mind. Keep pushing your limits until you reach t... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES We may explore the universe and find ourselves, or we may explore ourselves and find the universe. I... DIANA ROBINSON If you want to marry me, here's what you'll have to do: You must learn how to make a perfect ch... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Everything's not black and white. We choose to make bad decisions or not. WILL ARNETT Anything that is exclusive will be accused of elitism; living one’s dreams will be called pretenti... FENNEL HUDSON Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN I'm not sure why the saying goes..."be careful what you wish for"...it should be, "prepare yourself ... C. NZINGHA SMITH Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become. CRAIG GROESCHEL Lord, help us to choose humility over pride. Help us to choose love over our reputation. ANDRENA SAWYER Autumn has come to northeast Montana. The vapor of one’s breath, the clarity of the stars, the sme... LARRY WATSON We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Regardless of the religious tradition, spiritual path, or personal perspective we choose to embrace,... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON And one day, as she was buried deep in her thoughts, she heard a still small voice ask her
"If you c... HENNA SOHAIL Abstract conversations are my favourite, for they unviel true convictions. PARUL WADHWA If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this en... LEO BUSCAGLIA ...We don't choose our freaks, they choose us...We may not understand why we freak on a particular f... STEVE ALMOND They taught me different was wrong. ANI DIFRANCO I suppose I'm in that very small group of people who are not waiting for their own story to unfold. ... CAROL RIFKA BRUNT In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
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JENNIFER O'NEILL For Equilibrium, a Blessing: Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief ... JOHN O'DONOHUE Sometimes, when people speak, I cease listening to their words and zoom in instead on the cadence, a... ROSIE O'DONNELL It was a great mistake, my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a seagull or ... EUGENE O'NEILL It could be a meeting on the street, or a party or a lecture, or just a simple, banal introduction, ... JOHN O'DONOHUE The world rests in the night. Trees, mountains, fields, and faces are released from the prison of sh... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your ... JOHN O'DONOHUE The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. JOHN O'DONOHUE If you try to view yourself through the lenses that others offer you, all you will see are distortio... JOHN O'DONOHUE Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are ... JOHN O'DONOHUE We do not need to go out and find love; rather, we need to be still and let love discover us. JOHN O'DONOHUE Beauty is the illumination of your soul. JOHN O'DONOHUE Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship i... JOHN O'DONOHUE When love awakens in your life, in the night of your heart, it is like the dawn breaking within you.... JOHN O'DONOHUE No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entr... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your beloved and your friends were once strangers. Somehow at a particular time, they came from the ... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore... JOHN O'DONOHUE If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it w... JOHN O'DONOHUE Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This tests every aspect of... JOHN O'DONOHUE All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and... JOHN O'DONOHUE You are as young as you feel. If you begin to feel the warmth of your soul, there will be a youthful... JOHN O'DONOHUE Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits. JOHN O'DONOHUE