Steve Sagarra > Quotes

“A lot of humanity is to be found in the dreadful, for it illuminates both the dark and the light in all of us.”
― Steve Sagarra

“If wishes were rainbows we'd all have gold”
― Steve Sagarra

“Just as a dog knows what to chew and when to eat, a great leader knows not only what to say but when to say it.”
― Steve Sagarra

“Far too often heroes are denigrated in same breath that exonerates wickedness; why then should we be surprised at the world's ills and evils?”
― Steve Sagarra

“There does come a point when you must realize that you're not as important in someone's life as you led yourself to believe.”
― Steve Sagarra

“Inherently, we are the hero of our own story. Make it exceptional, or at least be comfortably ancillary in another's tale.”
― Steve Sagarra

“There have to be meaningful coincidences, and faith eventually has to be rewarded.”
― Steve Sagarra

“Despite man's attempts and measures to control nature, nature always will humble man's hubris of such grasping inclination.”
― Steve Sagarra

“From the ordinary to the exhilarating, everything is a human story; what makes it important is in the telling of it, whether it is thought of as ordinary or exhilarating.”
― Steve Sagarra

“Do not write anything constrained, mandated, or proscribed by subjective insistence and strict rules; write what desires, and is necessary, to be written.”
― Steve Sagarra

“Staring into the abyss of the blank page, thoughts form a perception searching for a voice.”
― Steve Sagarra

“If fortune favors the fool, we are given choice of either acting the fool or being the unfortunate. Unfortunately, too many choose fool.”
― Steve Sagarra

“I believe in the soul, old friends, lasting love, the caress of a woman's neck, serendipitous events, whole wheat, good bourbon, that mint chocolate chip is a self-indulgent pleasure...and long, deep kisses that reach into eternity.”
― Steve Sagarra

“Humanity long has sought cryptic, mystic and unexplainable fantastic for answers, when all that is needed is to search one's own mind and soul.”
― Steve Sagarra

“Life is a fulfilling rollercoaster of...somber pleasant madness.”
― Steve Sagarra

“One cannot use modern sensibilities and standards when exploring history and examining the past; it skews bias that, theoretically, should not exist.”
― Steve Sagarra

“We are the culmination of our choices. And whether we call that fate or destiny, it is ours alone to decide.”
― Steve Sagarra

“No longer is one beholden to the State once consciously divorcing themselves from its excesses.”
― Steve Sagarra

“Throughout history, it is often the ostensibly innocuous more so than any notable provenance that leads to the irreparable consequential.”
― Steve Sagarra

“Sycophantic adulation that surrounds any cult of personality is disturbing; when those granted thoughtful reason succumb to provocations and temptations offered by it, even more so.”
― Steve Sagarra

“For the writer, revel in abhorrence at the notion to reveal or share current endeavors. Once loosed, one no longer owns its inspiration; rather, it already belongs to the world.”
― Steve Sagarra

“To be a god is to know that you could but cannot act as regards the broader purpose at work. That is both blessing and curse of being a god.”
― Steve Sagarra