B.A. Gabrielle Quotes

Volleyball anchored me at a time in my life when I needed it. It gave me a reason for being this big, big girl.

I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.

I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart.

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.

Hope and faith. You have to have hope and faith.

Do you have the discipline to be a free spirit?

My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.

It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.

The great paradox is that our lack of faith in love and miracles is what blocks us from receiving love and miracles.

Sometimes your higher self will guide you to make mistakes so you can learn lessons.

I would suggest that the next generation stop looking for happiness outside of themselves but instead turn inward.

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.

Spirit seeker is someone who remembers there is a power greater than themselves and who is willing to reconnect with it.

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.

Art is not just ornamental, an enhancement of life. It is a path in itself, a way out of the predictable and conventional... a map to self discovery.

I will get stronger. I will return.

I drink a gallon of water a day.

The happier and more stress-free you are, the more people will want to be around you and the more your friends will respect you.

beautiful December grapes, blue as plums, every grape a little skinful of sweet, tasteless water

Sports provide girls with the opportunity to develop a better relationship with their bodies. They can be aggressive on the court, be strong and still be feminine.

I believe that simple, consistent shifts in our thinking and actions can lead to the miraculous in all aspects of our daily lives, including our relationships, finances, bodies, and self-image.

We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works

Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity.

Ideas often last but a day; feelings, dreams almost forever.

One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.

The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgment free.

Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch.

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?

Life is sacred. Life is art. Life is sacred art.

We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on.

Your voice takes you to your heart.

What you believe, you receive.

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.

We have lost awe and wonder. In reference to the mystery of life itself, we've lost respect for movement in our planet.

I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get in trouble when you try to copy others.

They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.

Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.

Death is a state of mind---many people on Earth spend their entire lives dead.

I felt the vulnerability, the fragility of the children of the world, and how it was, nonetheless, on their frail shoulders that we loaded the weight of our weary hopes and eternal new beginnings.

Dance is the fastest, most direct route to the truth.

Letting go of control, that's actually when you're safe.

Shamanic healing is a journey. It involves stepping out of our habitual roles, our conventional scripts, and improvising a dancing path.

Reality TV looks more like America than movies do.

I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.

I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'

Dance is movement, is action, and like all action, it reveals us to ourselves in the doing.

In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.

If you stay in that new flow of positive behavior, it's hard to revert back to old patterns. But if you do fall off, just forgive yourself, recover quickly, and get right back on.