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Quotes About Chaos

There were moments when Hilary saw life as tending always towards chaos, when it seemed that all one could be asked was just to keep the ashtrays clean, the bed made, the wastebaskets emptied, as if one never got to the real things because of the constant exhausting battle to keep ordinary life from falling apart.
~ May Sarton
Hilary saw life as tending always toward chaos when it seemed that all one could be asked was just to keep the ashtrays clean, the bed made, the wastebaskets emptied, as if one never got to the real things because of the constant exhausting battle to keep ordinary life from falling apart.
~ May Sarton
Dolores flitted around the car, screaming like a banshee, her face bedizened with fury.
~ Maya Angelou
His gut told him this was a clusterfuck beyond all clusterfucks.
~ Maya Banks
Things are rarely as random as they appear
~ Maya Banks
Jake leaned on the horn, swearing loudly. Gina covered her eyes. Doc flung his arms around me, burying his face in my lap, and Dopey, to my great surprise, began to scream like a girl, very close to my ear....
~ Meg Cabot
mad as a bee caught under a pickle jar
~ Meg Cabot
The thing was, Zero liked breaking things. He saw no reason why the world should be allowed to stay hole.
~ Meg Gardiner
We are Adam and Eve born out of chaos called creation Ribbing me gave you life yet you forget there will always be a part of me in you yes I taunted and tempted you with my forbidden fruit does that make me the serpent too? Believe what you will but if I am exiled alone I know we will be together again someday naked without shame in paradise My thanks to you for being in on my sin
~ Megan McCafferty
You have to believe him, because he's going to have your entire palace up in arms and your court in chaos and every member of it from the barons to the boot cleaners coming to you for his blood, and you are going to have to deal with it. Attolia smiled. You make him sound like more trouble than he is worth. No, said Eddis thoughtfully. Never more than he is worth.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
Today, I will wait if the way is not clear. I will trust that out of the chaos will come clarity.
~ Melody Beattie
As we develop our lives, set our goals, and find things to do that interest us, peace will become comfortable—more comfortable than chaos.
~ Melody Beattie
For a variety of reasons, we may have lost faith in our ability to think and reason things out. Believing lies, lying to ourselves (denial), chaos, stress, low self-esteem, and a stomach full of repressed emotions may cloud our ability to think. We become confused. That doesn't mean we can't think.
~ Melody Beattie
Gratitude Focus: There are a lot of events, people, and circumstances in the world that help us feel chaotic. We can be grateful for all the people, places, and things that help promote peace.
~ Melody Beattie
And a ton came down on a coloured road, And a ton came down on a gaol, And a ton came down on a freckled girl, And a ton on the black canal, And a ton came down on a hospital, And a ton on a manuscript, And a ton shot up through the dome of a church, And a ton roared down to the crypt. And a ton danced over the Thames and filled A thousand panes with stars, And the splinters leapt on the Surrey shore To the tune of a thousand scars.
~ Mervyn Peake
Opportunity will be hidden among the chaos. Storms clean the oceans, winds carry the seeds.
~ Bear Grylls
What a thing it is to have an unruly family!
~ Beatrix Potter
fierce unyielding winds pressing pushing against window glass trees swaying branches falling chaos warning of danger she does not want to cut them down she does not want to fear those mighty oaks standing guard for more years than can be counted strong roots sustaining life holding back the rush of time let earth testify they have the right to fall when life comes to an end to move in harmony with fate
~ bell hooks
blowing sparks and broken pieces across the bridge.
~ Ben Bova
The wisdom god, Woden, went out to the king of the trolls, got him in an armlock, and demanded to know of him how order might triumph over chaos. "Give me your left eye," said the troll, "and I'll tell you." Without hesitation, Woden gave up his left eye. "Now tell me." The troll said, "The secret is, 'Watch with both eyes!
~ Benjamin Graham
Seconds later, they were in the midst of a full-fledged rock fight
~ Bentley Little
Just the usual formality before the chaos begins. Like playing the National Anthem before a Cubs game.
~ Berkeley Breathed
He wanted to improve the world, while I did not believe and never have believed that we can improve the world, just merely survive as it slides into chaos.
~ Bernard Cornwell
I was screaming and hitting at him, but he thought it all so very funny, and he draped me belly down on the saddle in front of him and then he spurred into the chaos to continue the killing. And that was how I met Ragnar, Ragnar the Fearless, my brother's killer, and the man whose head was supposed to grace a pole on Bebbanburg's ramparts, Earl Ragnar.
~ Bernard Cornwell