Root Quotes

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Writing is my passion. It is a way to experience the ecstatic. The root understanding of the word ecstasyâ€”â€œto stand outsideâ€â€”comes to me in those… — Bell Hooks
And that is how Goodwin problems were always fixed. Fix them on the surface but don't go to the root, always ignoring the elephant in… — Cecelia Ahern
When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with out-stretched arms, face… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Because when I read, I don't really read; I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop, or I… — Bohumil Hrabal
The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian slaves. There are… — Dorothy Dunnett
The fourfold root of the principle of sufficent reason is "Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions… — Arthur Schopenhauer
My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all. — Suzanne Collins
At the root of every large struggle in life is the need to be honest about something that we do not feel we can be… — Deb Caletti
... To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom. — Evelyn Waugh
I believe I've put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon. I hope so. I hate to feel transplanted. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root. — Sharon Salzberg
Indeed, she often wondered if she were dead, or dying from the inside out, and that was the root of her calm, the reason she… — Gregory Maguire
A spiritual organization with a hierarchical structure can convey only the consciousness of estrangement, regardless of what teachings or deep inspirations are at its root.The… — Starhawk
This perhaps was what lay at the root of the hysteria surrounding what came to be known as the Gold Rush: Men desiring a feeling… — Patrick deWitt
It's disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness. They're so hard to pull. And grow back so easily. — Wendelin Van Draanen
Bitterness is like a weed. Remember how hard it always was to pull out thistles once they root? Remember how deep those roots grow, and… — Lynn Austin
The other three incoming calls were from his building superintendent, his pharmacy and a telephone survey company." "Bastards. They always call during dinner." Liv laughed… — Rachel Vincent
There's the tree with the branches that everyone sees, and then there's the upside-down root tree, growing the opposite way. So Earth is the branches,… — Gabrielle Zevin
Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy… — Saint Augustine
People could push and pull at you, and poke you, and probe as deep as they could go. They could even tear you apart, bit… — Lauren Oliver

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