Quotes About Impact

Omission or commission—the end result is the same.

Vows, like wishes, are dangerous things. Precision matters.

Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most.

I like that about you. Waves are banal. Tsunamis reshape the Earth. Under the right circumstances, even entire civilizations.

maintain that blaming them for Besseta commissioning them to enchant me would be akin to blaming the blade for drawing blood. 'Tis the hand that wields the dagger, not the dagger itself.

Tornados touch down. They don't settle. They leave destruction in their wake.

There are people I stand near a single time and skirt forevermore.

What can one word hurt? It isn't like letting a woman have the power for a change can bring about the end of my world as I know it, for fuck's sake.

Could mere scribblings on parchment unmake a person's moral fiber?

You'll never be just anything. A tsunami can never be 'just' a wave.

The ones that screw you are burned into your brain.

Crime in Willow Creek is mostly limited to DUIs, jaywalking, and now and then a domestic violence issue. But he dealt with more than that in Pittsburgh. He's witnessed a seedy side of life, and that's what colors his thoughts and his memories.

I dropped the candies into the children's bags, thinking: You small mortals don't realize the power of your stories.

the gravity of wound to fist

Doesn't it matter how you ask the question? Or if the tone of your request is closer to a fist than to an open palm? Can the nature of the request corrupt the purity of the gift, the donated sleep?

His words hung around, too, leaving their brain stain on the air.

when you're raising weather by artificial means, it's hard to pretend you don't have a hand in the change

I dropped the candies into the children's bags, thinking: You small mortals don't realize the power of your stories.

If you want to make a difference in someone's life, you don't need to be gorgeous, rich, famous, brilliant or perfect. you just have to care.

Nikky goes on about whatever it is Nikky goes on about for another thirty seconds or so, then sweeps into the back to assuredly wreak more havoc, leaving a zillion startled molecules in her wake.

We're all going to die sometime, so you might as well die pushing the odds for something that matters.

Time means lives. Time means more chaos. We always think that time will resolve things, but it never has.

I didn't want who I was to rub off on you too much, like a weak spirit was contagious.

We've all got limits on our energy, time, and attention. Why not place our focus on the situations and issues where we can move the needle?