Fantasy Quote by Mary Doria Russell

“Desire gives pain to the heart from which springs both hope and worry. Out of suspicion I make mistakes that grow into lasting ills.…

— Laurel Corona

“This is how we recognize the man who has tendencies toward an inner quest: he will set failure above any success, he will even…

— Emil M. Cioran

“That's how it works: someone important believes in us, loudly and with conviction and against all substantiation, and over time, we begin to believe,…

— Kelly Corrigan

“Idealism, however impractical, gives a meaning to our existence.”

— Anirban Bose

“The only legitimate antidote for self-doubt and the shameful weakness it breeds is joyful self-acceptance.”

— Idi Amin

“You build desires, and as a result, rather than just being who and what you are, you create one, ten, hundreds of false egos,…

— Trent Zelazny

“Sometimes, we do not believe in ourselves until someone else reveals that, deep inside of us, something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of…

— José N. Harris

“You see, I have come to believe in self-help, individual initiative, the love of what you do, and the full development of all individuals.…

— Hanif Kureishi

“It is easy to show that the ego ideal answers to everything that is expected of the higher nature of man. As a substitute…

— Sigmund Freud

“Nearly everyone in the world has appetites and impulses, trigger emotions, islands of selfishness, lusts just beneath the surface.”

— John Steinbeck

“The marvel of being human only reveals itself when we do something for another without personal gain, when we forgive, and when we give…

— Joan Marques

“A man cannot un-see the truth. He cannot willingly return to darkness or go blind once he has the gift of sight, anymore than…

— Justin Haythe