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“i felt her absence. it was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. you wouldn't need to run to the mirror to know they were gone”
― The Scorch Trials
― The Scorch Trials
“No, I won’t help you. No, I won’t hear you explain why I should. It really is a magical word: no. You say whatever bullshit you want and I just say no.”
― The Queen of Nothing
― The Queen of Nothing
“I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.”
― The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
― The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
“May we not waver to say a blunt “No” when push comes to shove. Once we handle the truth, it must be without “ifs” and “buts.” The air ought to be clean and the water clear. Since haggling with transparency is not in the cards, let us step down from the traditional “It Is What It Is” and definitively go for resilience. ("Resilience")”
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“When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.”
― The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper
― The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper
“It's saying no. That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no. That's how you know a baby is starting to turn into a person. They run around saying no all day, throwing their aliveness at everything to see what it'll stick to. You can't say no if you don't have desires and opinions and wants of your own. You wouldn't even want to. No is the heart of thinking.”
― The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
― The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
“Come forward as servants of Islam, organize the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.”
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“Yes no yes no yes no?
Red blue?
Yes red, no blue?
No red, yes no?
In out, up down?
Do don't, can can't?
Choices sit on the shelf life
New shoes in a shoe shop.
If the in crowd are squeezing into a must-have shoe
And the one pair left are too tiny for you
Don't feel compelled into choosing them
If you're really a size 9, buy that size.
While everyone else
Hobbles round with sore feet
Your choices should feel comfortable
Or they aren't your choices at all.
Why limp when you can sprint?”
― Fiesta of Happiness: Be True to Yourself
Red blue?
Yes red, no blue?
No red, yes no?
In out, up down?
Do don't, can can't?
Choices sit on the shelf life
New shoes in a shoe shop.
If the in crowd are squeezing into a must-have shoe
And the one pair left are too tiny for you
Don't feel compelled into choosing them
If you're really a size 9, buy that size.
While everyone else
Hobbles round with sore feet
Your choices should feel comfortable
Or they aren't your choices at all.
Why limp when you can sprint?”
― Fiesta of Happiness: Be True to Yourself
“In the space between yes and no, there is a lifetime. It’s the difference between the path you walk and one you leave behind; it’s the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; it’s the legroom for the lies you will tell yourself in the future.”
― Change of Heart
― Change of Heart
“If I asked you to stay behind, would you?' His eyes bore into mine.
'No.'
'Exactly. I try not to pick fights I know I can't win.”
― Fourth Wing
'No.'
'Exactly. I try not to pick fights I know I can't win.”
― Fourth Wing
“What is 'no'? Either you have asked the wrong question or you have asked the wrong person. Find a way to get the 'yes'.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
“No matter what I feel, I hold the assurance that God never leaves me.”
― The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist
― The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist
“But no one ever said yes to make sex consensual. You took hints from body language, from the way two people came together. Why...didn't a shake of the head or a hand pushing hard against a chest speak just as loudly? Why did you have to actually say the word no for it to be rape?”
― The Tenth Circle
― The Tenth Circle
“Leaders say "no" to corruption. Anyone playing a role in governance, and is not ready to do this is not a leader.”
― Leaders' Ladder
― Leaders' Ladder
“Sina jinsi. Nguzo ya maisha yangu ni historia ya maisha yangu. Historia ya maisha yangu ni urithi wa watu waliojifunza kusema hapana kwa ndiyo nyingi – waliojitolea vitu vingi katika maisha yao kunifikisha hapa nilipo leo – walionifundisha falsafa ya kushindwa si hiari. Siri ya mafanikio yangu ni kujitahidi kwa kadiri ya uwezo wangu wote; au 'pushing the envelope' kwa lugha ya kigeni.”
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“After the final no there comes a yes. And on that yes the future world depends. No was the night. Yes is this present sun.”
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“The absolute negative, the ultimate saying of no to the world, when it is just too late. And always the subtle conviction that if you had said No a moment earlier, it would none of it have happened. But the saying of no comes too late by a little. You are always a little too late in saying it.”
― Trask
― Trask
“Oh, Lilias,” Uncle James groaned. “For heaven’s sake, why couldn’t you have drawn a flower or something?” He glanced at me and said, “I’m sorry – she’s going through a bit of a macabre phase at the moment. I suppose all children do at some point, don’t they?”
I nodded, but couldn’t remember a time when I’d ever gone around drawing grisly murder scenes and presenting them to people as gifts.”
― Frozen Charlotte
I nodded, but couldn’t remember a time when I’d ever gone around drawing grisly murder scenes and presenting them to people as gifts.”
― Frozen Charlotte
“Some of you need to start saying no more, and others need to start saying yes. Think about which category you fit in at this moment.”
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“You’re special, Noah,” Ellery says softly.
No.
No!
That’s what cult leaders or psychopaths spout—right before they peel off your skin and wear it as a shirt.”
― Into Their Woods
No.
No!
That’s what cult leaders or psychopaths spout—right before they peel off your skin and wear it as a shirt.”
― Into Their Woods
“Say NO to the dogma of the media and the selfish.”
― A Guide to the Psyche of Atheism, Religion and Philosophy and Their Impact on Contemporary Spirituality
― A Guide to the Psyche of Atheism, Religion and Philosophy and Their Impact on Contemporary Spirituality
“And she has a nice voice. It’s light as air and kind of husky. If she sounds that nice talking, I imagine she could sound good enough singing.”
“Is there anyone else we need to worry about?” The words were out of Mikel’s mouth before he could stop them, because Gabriel complimenting anyone was a red flag. He tried not to look at anyone in particular. “Anyone other than Theo, I mean.” “
No,” Moses scoffed.
“No,” Cian said, that disturbed look back on his face.
“No,”
― Plier
“Is there anyone else we need to worry about?” The words were out of Mikel’s mouth before he could stop them, because Gabriel complimenting anyone was a red flag. He tried not to look at anyone in particular. “Anyone other than Theo, I mean.” “
No,” Moses scoffed.
“No,” Cian said, that disturbed look back on his face.
“No,”
― Plier
“Can you sing, Isobel?” Easton’s sudden question—and all the attention that swung her way—had her frozen to the spot. She really thought he was being sarcastic about the singing lesson.
“N-No. Yes. Sort of. Not well.”
“If you could only pick one?"
"Not well, professor.”
― Tourner
“N-No. Yes. Sort of. Not well.”
“If you could only pick one?"
"Not well, professor.”
― Tourner
“A man can live life either out of an attitude of yes to life or out of an attitude of no to life. If you live life out of an attitude of no, you become a warrior. You are constantly fighting with life. Then life is just a struggle, a fight and a war, and you are constantly fighting with everybody else.
You are fighting a losing war, because you are bound to lose. One cannot win against the whole. The whole idea is stupid, because the whole is larger than you. But the struggle, the fighting and the constant war appeals to the ego, because saying no is nourishment for the ego. Struggle and fighting strengthens the ego. The ego always wants to say no.
A meditator is not a warrior. He is not fighting with anybody. A meditator becomes a meditator by dropping all fights. He is in love with the whole existence. There is no need to fight.
Love wants to say yes. Yes is nourishment for life. Love and ego are polar opposite. If you say no to strengthen the ego, the less is the possibilility for love. And without love, there is no joy in life. Without love, there is no music in life. Without love, life is an empty desert. One can fight as much as you want, but it becomes self-destructive.
Yes is creativity. Yes means surrender to life. If no means struggle and war, love means surrender to the whole. Love means trusting the whole. Love means trusting that the whole takes care. All that is needed is a trusting heart.
Learn to say yes, learn to be yes, and you will be surprised: life starts growing with such beauty that one cannot imagine it. Life becomes a joy. All that is needed on your part is to open your heart in a ye sto life. Say yes to the sun, to the wind, to animals, to people, to the rain and to the whole.”
― Man is Part of the Whole: Silence, Love, Joy, Truth, Compassion, Freedom and Grace
You are fighting a losing war, because you are bound to lose. One cannot win against the whole. The whole idea is stupid, because the whole is larger than you. But the struggle, the fighting and the constant war appeals to the ego, because saying no is nourishment for the ego. Struggle and fighting strengthens the ego. The ego always wants to say no.
A meditator is not a warrior. He is not fighting with anybody. A meditator becomes a meditator by dropping all fights. He is in love with the whole existence. There is no need to fight.
Love wants to say yes. Yes is nourishment for life. Love and ego are polar opposite. If you say no to strengthen the ego, the less is the possibilility for love. And without love, there is no joy in life. Without love, there is no music in life. Without love, life is an empty desert. One can fight as much as you want, but it becomes self-destructive.
Yes is creativity. Yes means surrender to life. If no means struggle and war, love means surrender to the whole. Love means trusting the whole. Love means trusting that the whole takes care. All that is needed is a trusting heart.
Learn to say yes, learn to be yes, and you will be surprised: life starts growing with such beauty that one cannot imagine it. Life becomes a joy. All that is needed on your part is to open your heart in a ye sto life. Say yes to the sun, to the wind, to animals, to people, to the rain and to the whole.”
― Man is Part of the Whole: Silence, Love, Joy, Truth, Compassion, Freedom and Grace
“Kalen (admin): What were you doing when the string appeared?
Theodore: Platonic bonding.
Mikel (admin): Isobel?
The messages stopped there, and she swallowed, typing out a hesitant reply.
Isobel: I’m not sure how much detail I’m supposed to go into.
Kalen (admin): Jesus Christ. Did any of you follow the goddamned rules?
Isobel: What rules?
Oscar: Not a chance.
Moses: No.
Kilian: Yes.”
― Sauter
Theodore: Platonic bonding.
Mikel (admin): Isobel?
The messages stopped there, and she swallowed, typing out a hesitant reply.
Isobel: I’m not sure how much detail I’m supposed to go into.
Kalen (admin): Jesus Christ. Did any of you follow the goddamned rules?
Isobel: What rules?
Oscar: Not a chance.
Moses: No.
Kilian: Yes.”
― Sauter
“... No.'
She had said the word very faintly, but I heard it clearly. She had wilfully lied to me. I didn't know what to think.”
― The Mill House Murders
She had said the word very faintly, but I heard it clearly. She had wilfully lied to me. I didn't know what to think.”
― The Mill House Murders
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