Stillness Quotes (page 215)
![Doug Coupland quote: "If you don't change, then what's the point of anything..."](/pic/273114/600x316/quotation-doug-coupland-if-you-dont-change-then-whats-the-point-of.jpg)
The great love is gone. There are still little loves - friend to friend, brother to sister, student to teacher. Will you deny yourself comfort at the hearthfire of a cottage because you may no longer sit by the fireplace of a palace? Will you deny yourself to those who reach out to you in hopes of warming themselves at your hearthfire?
Mercedes Lackey
For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That’s a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that’s glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it’s safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that’s still likely to be the last thing you ever do.
J. K. Rowling
![George R. R. Martin quote: "Can a man still be brave even when he's afraid?" "That is the..."](/pic/272861/600x316/quotation-george-r-r-martin-can-a-man-still-be-brave-even-when-hes.jpg)
One only wishes Wayne LaPierre and his NRA board of directors could be drafted to some of these scenes, where they would be required to put on booties and rubber gloves and help clean up the blood, the brains, and the chunks of intestine still containing the poor wads of half-digested food that were some innocent bystander's last meal.
Stephen King
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Abraham Lincoln
I have dreamt of a life you will never know; the life of a loving and caring companion. I simply thought you should know. I see that you are in trouble. I watch and listen to you. I want to help, but you won't let me. So be it. I love you still. Do what you will, I shall watch over you.
Timothy Findley
![Peter S. Beagle quote: "But still I feel I waste a lot of time leaning on my elbow and..."](/pic/272642/600x316/quotation-peter-s-beagle-but-still-i-feel-i-waste-a-lot-of-time-leaning.jpg)
![Jodi Picoult quote: "The problem," he said, "with being one of the best is that you..."](/pic/272363/600x316/quotation-jodi-picoult-the-problem-he-said-with-being-one-of-the-best.jpg)