In my own life as a reader I experience real moments of alienation when a writer feels too perfect, or like even… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
The life we led was a proof of man's capacity for adaptation.I think that even the condemned souls in purgatory after time… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
The standard that measures two things is something different from either. You are, in fact, comparing them both with some Real Morality,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Nothing helps make a leader more approachable than admitting your struggles, screw-ups and behind-the-scenes thinking on hard calls. If the leader makes… — Scott Weiss Copy Share Image
I'm a stubborn guy that loses his temper, sometimes driving the station wagon in the wrong direction for hours and hours and… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
When you’re young you prefer the vulgar months, the fullness of the seasons. As you grow older you learn to like the… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for… — Douglas Kennedy Copy Share Image
If I was a poet, I had become one because poetry, more intensely than any other practice, could not evade its anachronism… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Show me any health professional - great and not so great - who says they don't make mistakes or haven't made one… — Brian Goldman Copy Share Image
A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it. — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious,… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
I'm highly aware that some impulses are harder to ignore than others. I'm aware that fear of consequences causes us to guard… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
How to seperate the humiliation from the loss, that's the catch. You can never be sure if what tortures you is the… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Admitting how ill we are, how deep the damage goes, how constantly the abuse cycle is repeated and how horribly we have… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
Facing the darkness, admitting the pain, allowing the pain to be pain, is never easy. This is why courage - big-heartedness -… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
One thing is for sure: most of the people admitting candidates to universities for technical subjects are pretty dissatisfied with the level… — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image
In 1992, the federal Government actually issued more work authorizations to immigrants and temporary foreign workers than the net number of new… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before. — Arthur Guiterman Copy Share Image
There was a time in our very recent history when it was “interesting” to be a Star Wars fan. It was sort… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
None of us wants to admit that we hate someone... When we deny our hate we detour around the crisis of forgiveness.… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
