Bali Quotes

“And like tea dissolving in hot water, the sun dissolved in the sky… creating a velvet horizon, announcing for the stars’ night dance with the moon, the awaited joy for the wounded souls. -- From Bali – The Rebirth”
― Abeer Allan

“Your imagination and some masturbation is a much better alternative to finding out what kind of person a bit of casual sex transforms you into.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“You need a break every once in a while to enjoy the everyday and you need the everyday to enjoy the break you take every once in a while.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“There's no need to blame fate or destiny for a stupid decision.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Don't just hope, dear. Plan and do. Only reserve hope for the things you cannot control.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“...orang Bali mempunjai kepertjajaan... kalau gunung Agung meletus ini berarti bahwa rakjat telah melakukan maksiat.”
― Sukarno, Bung Karno: Penyambung Lidah Rakyat Indonesia

“My job had been to get the package from point A to point B and what happened after that did not need to concern me. I was just the mule.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Your choices can only be limited by your mind.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“When does relaxing turn into living? How can you call it relaxing when that is all you are doing?”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Besides the pain in my gut, why shouldn't I laugh? I've almost escaped death in a foreign country.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“I don't make people smoke pot or meth, snort coke, put pills or tabs in their mouths or shoot themselves up with heroin. I just transport the stuff.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“The day, like all good days, passed far too quickly.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“She's happy to be home but being home means that it's an end to her adventure and escape.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Good morning, Amelia" greeted Rick as he walked into the room the next morning. "I'm starved. For some reason, I woke up craving strawberries.”
― Linda Weaver Clarke, The Bali Mystery

“Bali High is not a real island, you know. It's imaginary."
When Amelia saw him smiling at her, she quickly defended herself. "Don't make fun of me. To me, it's real. Besides, that movie has a message that really makes sense.
Such as? he encouraged.
"Well, it teaches us how wrong it is to be prejudiced and that we should accept each other no matter the differences. It also talks about the importance of having a dream. Dreams are important to everyone. "When she saw his brow crease in confusion, she sang,

"'You gotta have a dream, if you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?”
― Linda Weaver Clarke, The Bali Mystery

“Linda Heavner Gerald received a silver medal for Fiction from FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association)”
― Linda Heavner Gerald, Confessions of an Assassin

“There’s so much to do in Bali that you may feel a little overwhelmed when it comes to packing. On a recent trip, I hiked a volcano, went island hopping and snorkelling, went to yoga and breathwork classes, got massages, visited waterfalls, dined at upscale restaurants, spent an afternoon at a beach club, wandered through rice paddies and visited temples.”
― Anastasia Pash, Travel With Style: Master the Art of Stylish and Functional Travel Capsules

“I figured, what harm could come from a little bit of fun? Crabs. The Canadian girl gave me crabs.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“I figured that maybe he was only hanging around for the tea and tobacco and when one ran out, so would he.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Sure, I might not be someone to look up to, but you're no role model either.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“However, with a gut full of heroin, it's hard to be an optimist.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Living the rest of my life in Kerobokan, waiting to die, was what I had in front of me.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Reassuring thoughts have a funny way of getting stuck on repeat. Then you wake up one day and you can't remember where you put the last thirty years of your life.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Our bags will be light because it's the best way to travel.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“I'd gotten on the piss and it had kicked me the fuck off. Hard.”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Besides, if it was the wrong choice, what difference was one more bad decision going to make?”
― S.A. Tawks, Mule

“Love Hurts. I daresay there’s two or three poems, six novels and at least twelve songs on the subject. That’s how the Janus-faced beast of poetry gets written in the first place, in all its myriad of magical forms. So; why cover this hitherto uncharted and highly original territory? Why leap fearlessly into the unknown, nostrils flared, eyes flashing fire? Well, in the name of love, lust and limerence, why on earth not? Suffering is gratuitous and pointless, yet also vital, valuable and necessary. My last tête à tête gave me plenty, incorporating elements of the forbidden, of rebellion, pornography, pregnancy, parental approval – followed by fury – of infidelity, friend estrangement, life on one island that was heavenly and a second that veered between purgatorial and infernal, of violence, miscarriage, masturbating Indians, pepper spray, antipathy, disloyalty, evictions, a planned future, failed globetrotting and **** ***, whilst being indicative of a wider, all-encompassing social corrosion, and while the story itself may remain merely hinted at or alluded to in the course of this generalised polemic, it’s as worthy or valid as any other such tale told round the campfire and whispered across the beaches of the world...”
― Daniel S. Fletcher

“Don’t let yourself worry about the problems around you, and when your wife wants to fight with you, just seduce her.”
― Rachel Bergsma, The Ibu Chronicles: Life is Funnier than Fiction

“Bali feels completely different when you can explore on your own terms”
― Bali Touristic

“Luxury is not about owning more, it’s about owning wisely where lifestyle and investment meet.”
― LeyLines