Joaquin Mir > Joaquin's Quotes

“Don't be afraid to speak out. Your human rights story could be the inspiration that opens the window to someone else's awakening. Let's draw open the curtains together.”
― Janine Myung Ja, Adoption Stories

“Attractive, blonde, skinny, a little slutty, and… well, I kind of talked to her about you. She’s already keen. You should be able to slide straight into second base.’ Mags laughed again. Nathan didn’t. It had been a while. And then some. He glanced over to the wardrobe. Maybe the dark blue shirt.”
― Barry Kirwan, When the children come

“My father having to give up a promising career as a musician, due to the slight inconvenience of being driven off a cliff.”
― Gary Edward Gedall

“Clutching me in her arms, Mama stared at Emily. “You have a responsibility to this child.”
― Jack Getze, Making Hearts

“If we didn't have the storms, we'd never get to play in the waves.”
― Judy Prescott Marshall, Still Crazy

“The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire

“Смелость, думалось мне, как наследство, отпущена нам в ограниченном размере, и если быть экономным, не тратить ее по пустякам, то на моральный капитал тоже пойдут проценты и мы решительный час встретим во всеоружии. Удобная теория. Она отмахивается от мелочной повседневной храбрости, обыденной трусости придает пристойную окраску, оправдывает прошлое и подслащает будущее.”
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

“The human body essentially recreates itself every six months. Nearly every cell of hair and skin and bone dies and another is directed to its former place. You are not who you were last November.”
― Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. I felt fear more times than I can remember, but I hid it behind a mask of boldness. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World