Keneth Conti > Keneth's Quotes

“A break from the task in hand and a cleared mind usually made him think better.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“Instead, the world should run on sufficiency; enough food, enough energy, enough connection, shared fairly, within the boundaries of ecosystems.”
― Fons Burger, The Only Possible Solution: How to Shape the Future for Our Next Generations

“It’s Lylitte, standing on a patio below, all alone, leaning on a baluster at the far end of the castle. She doesn’t notice him at first, nor does it appear she’s doing anything important, as she’s looking out over her land, the acres of pasture hemmed in by rolling ancient walls. Her hair is up, showing her neckline, her light gown revealing curves which, for him, seem to be the only thing holding the galaxy together.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

“Dressing appropriately can foster connections with locals, enhancing your travel experience.”
― Anastasia Pash, Travel With Style: Master the Art of Stylish and Functional Travel Capsules

“The excitement of the festivities escalated along with the darkening skies of winter, providing the perfect backdrop of secrecy and seduction that Venice was known for.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

“Are you really able to blow it off?” Hillary was asked. “I blow most of it off. I get angry. I get confused about why people are doing what they do. I don’t get up every day thinking destructively about others. I don’t spend my hours plotting for somebody else’s downfall. My feeling is, gosh there’s more work that can be done, everybody ought to get out there and improve the health care system, and reform welfare and get guns out of the hands of teenagers.”
― Carl Bernstein, A Woman in Charge

“I felt like an Israeli girl soldier, in shorts and the hot wind, sighting down the barrel of the rifle, holding the .38 with both hands. It was a strange feeling, him looking at me as I aimed. I found I couldn't quite lose myself in the target. His eyes split my attention between the C in Coke and my awareness of him watching me. And I thought, this was what it was like to be beautiful.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander

“عليك أن تجري تعديلات إذا ما كنت تريد النجاه. الكثير يصبح مستهلكاً, تحصل على سعادتك حيث يمكن. تصل إلى نقطه تكون فيها في قاع الجحيم, و مع ذلك تجلش متكاتفاً و ابتسامه تعلو وجهك, شاعراً أنك أكثر الناس حظاً على وجه البسيطه. لماذا؟ لأن ثمة سمكه صغيره ميته عند قدميك.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“How, then, do we know when a patient is giving up “too early” when we feel that a little fight on his part combined with the help of the medical profession could give him a chance to live longer? How can we differentiate this from the stage of acceptance, when our wish to prolong his life often contradicts his wish to rest and die in peace? If we are unable to differentiate these two stages we do more harm than good to our patients, we will be frustrated in our efforts, and will make his dying a painful last experience.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families

“But you weren't born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

“The objective idea is all I ever cared about. Most of my ideas occur in verse... To be too subjective with what an artist has managed to make objective is to come on him presumptuously and render ungraceful what he in pain of his life had faith he had made graceful.”
― Robert Frost