Quotes by Australian Authors - Page 18

I just want a life of happiness, laughter and possibility,I want a passion that I call my job, to pay my bills.I want to spend my time, eating good food & making unremarkable memories with the family I have left.I want friends that can be honest enough to tell me, if I fuck up, so I can fix it & also beautiful enough to know when I'm lieing in my smile. I want a lover who isn't afraid to love me with every inch of his heart but also fearless in keeping his individual voice as we grow together. And I will have all of it, because I believe I am worthy of it.
Nikki Rowe
But Froi looked around with wonder. As if he had never seen the world from up so high before.
Melina Marchetta
But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about the touch of earth in his hands that made him feel worthwhile.
Melina Marchetta
I wish I had the gift of religious faith. Sometimes I long to believe in a structured universe designed purposefully for mankind.
Adib Khan
God knows I tried my best to learn the ways of this world, even had inklings we could be glorious; but after all that's happened, the inkles ain't easy anymore. I mean - what kind of fucken life is this?
D.B.C. Pierre
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. Hope is one of those things that you can't buy, but that will be freely given to you if you ask. Hope is the one thing people cannot live without. Hope is a thing of beauty.
Matthew Kelly
If we will walk humbly with our God, He will lead us by the hand to exactly who and what we need, to those people, things, and experiences He has designed and intended for us, and this alone will be the cause of our deep fulfillment and happiness.
Matthew Kelly
I felt like I was an arrow, pulled back and ready to be launched into something big.
A.B. Shepherd
So don't be worried if you have the sub-standard version barking out the orders. It will continue to do so, just be aware of it. Than call it for what it is, gremlin for the best you. Then grab that vision of the best you and get up and give it everything you have got.
Tony Curl
We are partners in our own deception. The lies we tell ourselves. The life we have settled for, when we yearn for the life we wish for. We become our own worst enemy as we yearn for the things we don’t have and discredit the gifts we have.
Tony Curl
If you can learn to motivate yourself, you can always tap into an abundance of energy that will drive you to the success you dream of.
Rachael Bermingham
We are all One. The beauty in one person is shared by all. The life path of one individual blesses everyone. The expression of Life neither originates within a single human, belongs to that person, nor remains within the personal boundary. Life is energy and, as such, it belongs to all, reaches all, and blesses all.
Donna Goddard
If everything is energy, which it is - then everything is because of energy.
Serge Benhayon
Getting defensive doesn't hide the fact that you know you could have done better. Stop putting your energy into your excuses.
Tony Curl
Fear is not your enemy. It is a powerful source of energy that can be harnessed and used for your benefit.
Russ Harris
I believe in saints as I believe in sanctity. I believe in miracles as I believe in God, who can suspend the laws of His own making. But I believe, too, that the hand of God writes plainly and simply, for all men of good will to read. I am doubtful of His presence in confusion and conflicting voices.
Morris West
Dreaming is risky. While only some dreams can put you at physical risk, all dreams require that you take an emotional risk. By their nature, dreams create a gap between your present reality and the reality you want to have, causing you to question whether you can bridge that gap. This risk alone can be so daunting for people that they prefer to leave their dreams in their childhood or buried away beneath layers of fear, doubt, and resignation. That’s why dreaming bigger dreams takes courage; it means risking the possibility that your dreams will not come true.
Margie Warrell
Science is implausible to untutored human common sense, but that in no way casts doubt on the correctness of well-established scientific findings. Feelings of transcendence are simply that—feelings—and, as such, have no capacity to reveal truths about a world external to the people who have them.
Russell Blackford
Faith and Doubt cannot reside in the same place; as soon as you have a glimmer of doubt, no matter how much you do, feel, vibrate, and affirm, you are showing the Universe that you do not really believe, you are just ‘trying’ out the concept.
Malti Bhojwani
You do not want to live in a country ruled by people who never have any doubts. To have doubts is human. A horse has no doubts, a grasshopper has no doubts, an ant has no doubts. But a human being stops to think sometimes, and when he thinks, he hears a voice asking quietly, 'Are you certain that you are right? You must be certain before you pull that trigger. You must be certain before you put your knife to that man's throat.'Would God have given us the power to question if he wanted us to behave like grasshoppers and ants? I am sure God takes pleasure in all the creatures of the world, but I am also sure that his greatest pleasure is a human being who puts his knife away because he is not sure, because a doubt has come into his mind.
Najaf Mazari
Indeed, the idea that doubt can be heroic, if it is locked into a structure as grand as that of the paintings of Cezanne's old age, is one of the keys to our century. A touchstone of modernity itself.
Robert Hughes
Writing a story no one else dares to say, sits outside my comfort zone, is one of the biggest challenges I'm facing as an author.
Veronica Purcell
There is always a gift in any challenge.
Bronnie Ware
What I'am learning is the world laughs through its ass every day, then just lies double-time when shit goes down. It's like we're on a Pritikin diet of fucken lies. I mean - what kind of fucken life is this?
D.B.C. Pierre
I hear Mr. Palmer tell Hannah that it was an electrical fault. Five arsonists in one school and it ends up being something so technically boring.
Melina Marchetta
I actually feel quite self-indulgent at the moment, telling you all about me, me, me.(...) On the other hand, you're a human -you should understand self obsession.
Markus Zusak
The more people I am with, Dorrigo thought, the more alone I feel.
Richard Flanagan
I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.
Markus Zusak
Once upon a time...long ago in a far-off place that everyone knows is not here or now or us.
Richard Flanagan
Oooh, intrigue?' Sylvie said playfully. 'Want to know a secret? I am someone else. Nobody knows the real me.' Jess opened the door, sick of being toyed with, wanting to get away. Her voice was flat. 'You're a girl. It's the same for all of us.
Kirsty Eagar
He was notorious for cutting short extraneous verbiage from over-loquacious barristers".
Bryce Courtenay
If you really have to get shot, Belfast is one of the best places to do it. After twenty years of the Troubles, and after thousands of assassination attempts and punishment shootings, Belfast has trained many of the best gunshot-trauma surgeons in the world.
Adrian McKinty
Sometimes, you're the one who strikes it lucky. Sometimes, it's the other poor bastard who's left with the short straw, and you just have to shut up and get on with it.
M.L Stedman
Shh, mi amor. The neighbors will hear and call the police.
Kate Richards
Jeb dragged a protesting Anita toward a rapidly approaching sheriff’sfour-wheel drive. Blood dribbled through her fingers covering a gunshotwound on her arm. “Lady, I’ve never raised a hand to a woman in my life,but you are sorely testing my limits.”Chloe sympathized. If there was one thing she hated it was acondescending psycho bitch with bad taste in sweaters.
Fiona Archer
Baby girl, five minutes alone with me and you're gonna be begging me to taste your pie.
Carmen Jenner
I don’t want to be just your friend, Willow.”She took a step closer, her body pressing suggestively up against his.“Then what do you want to be, Re?” she asked in a husky whisper.Holding her stare, his eyes narrowed, begging to understand what she was doing to him.“I want to be your lover.”“Such things you do say, sir,” she said playfully, trying to pull away from his firm grasp.Re’s fingers tightened around her wrists. Never before had a woman refused him, not even through all the games they played with him. That this one was daring to do so, both angered and hurt him.
Faye Hall
You’re bubbly and approachable.”.... “I’m none of those things. The sarcastic wit and humorous charm is a front. I honestly despise people. I like to consider myself as more of a dictator that staff are confident in but scared to approach.
Eden Summers
What if I tell you all my secrets?” she whispered to herself. “And said that I was so close to being in love with you, so close to being entirely vulnerable and all I needed was your trust? What if I told you that it hurts to breathe when I think about boarding that plane to San Francisco? If I gave you those secrets, would you give me yours?
Eden Summers
Settle down, Maverick, this isn’t the danger zone.
Eden Summers
I can tell you now that if you break things off with Alana, I’m gonna want to high five you in the face with a hammer before we reach New York.
Eden Summers
I touched myself while I watched you, wishing it was me in her place. And I came…crying because it broke my heart that it wasn’t.
Sayara St. Clair
She’d run over Dankyo in an instant to get to Theo. Be a darn big bump in the road, but she’d do it.
Cari Silverwood
Everything about him enveloped her, made her crave exactly this. His possession. In her mind something relaxed; the balance shifted. She welcomed every way he could touch her, the heat from his body, the atoms of his breath. Everything.
Cari Silverwood
If you lie there much longer, I’ll be tempted to tie you to the table legs and try buttering your ass instead of the toast.
Cari Silverwood
And even if our hearts collided Can I trust it to be what I've always dreamed... No dear, it'll be so much more.
Nikki Rowe
i have loved and i have lost and im starting to believe; its ok. Sometimes what we "think" is best for us, is only the beginning of what is truly "meant" for us. And if i have loved, so deeply the wrong heart; i am content in knowing the greatest love i will ever experience, hasnt even begun yet.
Nikki Rowe
Choose to be happy.It’s the only sensible option!
Domonique Bertolucci
So many of life’s eventualitiesare beyond your control.Work out what things you caninfluence and come to a peacefulacceptance of the rest.
Domonique Bertolucci
Choose your battles wisely.Unless you have a very highchance of victory, spare yourenergy and walk away
Domonique Bertolucci
Don’t be attached to outcomes.Enjoy your experiences for whatthey are, what you have gainedand what you have learned.
Domonique Bertolucci
Unless you have a crystal ballyou don’t know how thefuture is going to unfold.Focus on the things you caninfluence and don’t fretover the rest.
Domonique Bertolucci
No matter how much youcare about someone,you can’t take responsibilityfor their happiness.
Domonique Bertolucci
You can’t make someonedo something just becauseyou want them to.What you do have, however,is the opportunity toinfluence their choices.
Domonique Bertolucci
Being a control freakis a sign of a vulnerableself-esteem. The betteryou feel about yourselfthe less you need to controleverything around you.
Domonique Bertolucci
Be mindful of thecompany you keep.Don’t let negative peoplecloud your vision.
Domonique Bertolucci
Believe in yourself, believe in yourdreams and believe in your rightto achieve your dreams.
Domonique Bertolucci
Your life paradigm is the set ofbeliefs or operating system for yourlife. Make sure you choose one thatsupports lifelong happiness.
Domonique Bertolucci
Regardless of your upbringing orformative experiences, it is never toolate to start believing in yourself.
Domonique Bertolucci
Examine your self-talk.Never speak to yourselfmore harshly than you wouldto a small child.
Domonique Bertolucci