Johnathan Rolley > Johnathan's Quotes

“You don’t have to be around long to understand the world is a frightening place, that life includes situations you have no control over, that anything can happen. Everybody needs friends and a family.”
― Jack Getze, Making Hearts

“He'd died. Plain and simple. And it pissed him off. Left him frustrated and disappointed. Where had all , the guardian angel crap they'd fed him in catechism gone to? He'd seen no angels, seraphim, archangels or pearly gates. No one to show him the ropes now that he was dead. What the hell was he supposed to do?”
― Deborah Leblanc, Toe to Toe

“We have a right to write our own script even if it disagrees with those who planted us where we are. In fact, if we do not share our personal stories, they will eventually be forgotten or told by someone else. See, I believe our soul wants the life of us to be remembered by at least one, or two, maybe more. In order for people like us to obtain social equality, we need to fill the worldwide web with realistic adoption stories—stories that can convince the mainstream that we should have access to personal documents that pertain to us, birth certificates, and papers that reveal our true identities.”
― Janine Myung Ja, Adoption Stories

“How could a man “disappear” amidst all those elite law enforcement officials? Would things have been different if we were in charge?”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“What’s wrong with nature shows?”
“You can’t believe anything the narrators say. One claimed that some animals mate for life. Come on, they need time off to eat and sleep, don’t they?”
― Steve Bates

“Darling,’ she said. ‘Darling, darling, Jack…,’ she repeated. It had an echo chamber quality. I felt dizzy and the room began turning. I grabbed the edge of the table thinking I needed to hold on to something. It felt like I was being thrown out of a swing. Then, everything went black.”
― Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate

“Love is a necessity, just as lust is. Two instincts we modern humans have turned into our strongest emotions. Love gives us the desire to bond with a partner long enough to care for our children to an age when they can fend for themselves. Lust gives us the will to want to reproduce in the first place. These instincts are so deeply ingrained in our psyche that even with our advanced brains, they still govern us. We are now, for the most part, intelligent enough to decide who we want to love or have sex with. We can even control whether or not that sex results in offspring, but we can’t just ignore those instincts. From the simplest person to the most powerful kings, queens and presidents, our our lives are still governed by those two emotions.”
― D.S. Smith, Unparalleled

“Happiness does not depend on what we have; it depends on how we feel about what we have.”
― Robert Gill Jr., Happiness Power: How to Unleash Your Power and Live a More Joyful Life

“From the antique Persian rugs covering the gleaming hardwood floors to the molded tin ceilings and ornate chandeliers, the house was a showstopper. Throughout its long life, no one had allowed this home to fall into disrepair. Every detail of the wainscoting, every pocket door, every window, floor tile, and bathtub was original to the house.”
― Kirsten Fullmer, Trouble on Main Street

“Showing kindness to others costs nothing, and yet it changes everything. It makes the world a better place. It makes humanity more human, and at the end of the day, in the difficult times we’re living in now, kindness is the one and only thing that will allow the human race to move forward with love, hope, and caring, instead of the hate, division, and the constant bickering that unfortunately seems to be at the forefront of daily life.”
― Art Rios, Let's Talk: ...About Making Your Life Exciting, Easier, And Exceptional

“More than ever before the framework for absolute global control and oppression is now firmly in place. We have all been part of an evolution into a “new society” subject to authoritarian forms of government with militarised police forces at home and imperialistic policies abroad. In this “new society” the rich and powerful elites can have and do whatever they want, while the poor and powerless are left shackled and in desperate need.”
― William Hanna, The Grim Reaper

“Under the lake by Anvil Creek, a man has been frozen much like another man in the same wilderness had been frozen, in this area of Alaska where silence is the loudest sound.”
― Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Ancestor

“The idea of being strong for someone else having never entered their heads, I find myself in the position of having to console them. Since I'm the person going in to be slaughtered, this is somewhat annoying.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“All the hardship, in the end, was worth it.”
― Pittacus Lore, The Fall of Five

“«Mira desde los cielos y ve cómo nos hemos convertido en el desprecio y la burla de las naciones; somos contados como ganado y llevados al matadero para ser degollados y destruidos o para ser golpeados y acusados. Sin embargo, a pesar de todo esto, no hemos olvidado Tu nombre; te lo imploramos: no nos olvides…»”
― Leon Uris, Éxodo

“It is bitter for the young to see what awful innocence adults grow into, that terrible vulnerability that must be sheltered from the rodent mire of childhood.”
― Katherine Dunn, Geek Love

“I think looking forward will be better than looking back.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“El mundo estaba lleno de maravillas”
― Brian Selznick, Wonderstruck

“You're playing with Pandora's box. Sometimes it's better not to open it. Sometimes, it's better not to know.”
― Tatiana de Rosnay, Sarah's Key

“When you were trying to enforce law and order, it was difficult to explain that the rules did not actually apply to you personally.”
― Ken Follett, World Without End

“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
― Mark Twain

“You going to be a scientist when you grow up?” That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

“nothing can save
you
except
writing.
it keeps the walls
from
failing.”
― Charles Bukowski