Quotes About Clarity

You know, Glen Bateman said, looking out toward Grand Junction in the early light of morning, I've heard the saying 'That sucks' for years without really being sure of what it meant. Now I think I know.

You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there's always a bloody show.

You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there's always a bloody show.

Don't complicate what's simple.

And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it.

That had to be the answer. When you heard hoofbeats, you didn't think zebras.

Writing about yourself seems to be a lot like sticking a branch into clear river-water and rolling up the muddy bottom.

The only stupid question, my cullies, is the one you don't ask.

By tomorrow at this time, I think you're going to have a much better idea of what crazy is. -- Ev Hillman

One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, working for long words because you're maybe a little bit ashamed of your short ones. This is like dressing up a household pet in evening clothes. The pet is embarrassed, and the person who committed this act of premeditated cuteness should be even more embarrassed.

When you empty out the vessel, you also empty out all the crap floating around in there. The additives. The impurities. It sure feels good. It's a whole body, whole-minded enema.

Obliqueness is the curse of the reading class.

Oh Christ, he understood more than he wanted to right now. Give me a chance, Louis thought, and I'll understand myself right into the nearest mental asylum.

When you stop living for luxuries, you understand the real meaning of life.

Whatever the questions that trouble you just get up and ask, don't let them suffocate you. Because questions not asked will stay questions unanswered.

See The Meaning Not The Problem

My intellect tells me "read between the lines.. No need to humor something that is what it is and is not what it was.

Sometimes, You need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be.

When your dreams are clearer and stronger than your sleep, night becomes a mere extension of day

Life without dreams or goals such as life without vision.

I stared out at the waves. "Why am I here?" I thought. Finally it came to me. But it was too late. I was a terrible lifeguard.

Everyone roams in darkness, A wise always find the light.

To be awake is the refreshness of being.

A goal will always tell you where you don't want to be.