Jeniffer Cisnero > Jeniffer's Quotes

“The mirror is where you find a reflection of your appearance. The heart is where you find a reflection of the soul.”
― Linda Armstrong, Mission: Subhero

“Be too anchored in the Now, to still be carrying the past”
― Daniel Mangena

“I was alone. I had no one. No mother, no father, no brothers, no sisters, no grandmas, no grandpas, no uncles, no aunties, no cousins, and no tribe. I’d seen the children at the orphanage laugh or cry when they received news about a family member. I would never receive such news and no family would laugh or cry for me. That day I understood with sharp clarity that I didn’t have a mother who wanted me.”
― Maria Nhambu, Africa's Child

“I feel a bit like the Willy Wonka of Neon, if you could eat neon, chocolate would be the next best thing”
― Matthew Bracey

“Jack couldn't help but watch Nonie as she left. She looked to be twenty-nine, thirty at the most, stood maybe five foot-four and was slender. She had shoulder-length, curly, walnut-colored hair and the largest most beautiful blue eyes he'd ever seem Her nose and ears were small in comparison to her full lips, which he'd give anything to kiss.”
― Deborah Leblanc, Toe to Toe

“The Burger King robbery was committed by a couple of black kids, so that fact justifies pulling over EVERY black guy?”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Black

“Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast.”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

“Uncle," she said. "Let me explain what will happen the instant one of your men makes a move toward me. Let's say, for instance, one of your archers lets an arrow fly. You've not come to many of my practices, Uncle. You haven't seen me dodge arrows; but your archers have. If one or your archers releases an arrow, I'll drop to the floor. The arrow will doubtless hit one of your guards. The sword and the dagger of that guard will be in my hands before anyone in the room has time to realize what's happened. A fight will break out with the guards; but only seven or eight of them can surround me at once, Uncle, and seven or eight is nothing to me. As I kill the guards I'll take their daggers and begin throwing them into the hearts of your archers, who of course will have no sighting on me once the brawl with the guards has broken out. I'll get out of the room alive, Uncle, but most of the rest of you will be dead. Of course, this is only what will happen if I wait for one of your men to make a move. I could move first. I could attack a guard, steal his dagger, and hurl it into your chest this instant.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

“The scientific approach to life is not necessarily appropriate to states of visceral anguish.”
― Anthony Burgess, Tremor of Intent

“I imagine the future and I smile grimly. There's only one way to make that happen. It's time to fight”
― Pittacus Lore

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.”
― Emily Dickinson

“The zealot may be outwardly motivated by the anticipation of a great reward at the other end—wealth, fame, eternal salvation—but the real recompense is probably the obsession itself. This is no less true for the religious fanatic than for the fanatical pianist or fanatical mountain climber. As a result of his (or”
― Jon Krakauer, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

“Toni's Talk: When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic...you! As soon as you let doubt creep in---you lose that investment. Make a daily commitment to assess your worth with positive affirmations and watch your investment grow.”
― C.Toni Graham

“I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself.”
― Orson Scott Card, Xenocide

“O, you happy free women, contrast your New Year's day with that of the poor bond-woman! With you it is a pleasant season, and the light of the day is blessed.”
― Harriet A. Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

“In this world, we must love the liars or go unloved”
― Sherman Alexie, Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories

“The collector walks with blinders on; he sees nothing but the prize. In fact, the acquisitive instinct is incompatible with true appreciation of beauty.”
― Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Then he spoke of James Joyce. He told about Joyce’s family, his religion, his education, his writing. He spoke of a book called Dubliners and a story in the book titled “Ivy Day in the Committee Room.” Regardless of race, regardless of class, that story was universal, he said.”
― Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying

“Спасение не в верности формам, а в освобождении от них.”
― Pasternak Boris, Doktor Zhivago

“Nothing ever fits the palm so perfectly, or feels so right, or inspires so much protective instinct as the hand of a child”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

“You swam in a river of chance and coincidence. You clung to the happiest accidents—the rest you let float by.”
― David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

“Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Life Without Principle