“found that positive self-talk can dramatically improve mood, boost confidence, increase productivity, and more. Much more. In fact, as evidenced by Professor Hart and his studies, it can be one of the key components to a happy, successful life. The bad news is, the reverse is also true: Negative self-talk can not only put us in a bad mood, it can leave us feeling helpless. It can make small problems seem bigger – and even create problems where none existed before. Here’s the breaking news, your self-talk is fucking you over and in ways you can’t even begin to imagine. With”
―
Gary John Bishop,
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
“She turned the water scalding hot and scrubbed her face until it hurt, but the eyes still looked wrong. She tore off her clothes and stepped into the shower; but it was not enough.The dirt was on the inside.” ― John Hart, The Last Child
“I grab Sarah’s hand. “You are more than that. I need you here with me. You’re pretty much the only thing keeping me from completely melting down.”“I get it,” she says. “You’re going to save the freaking world and I’m going to help you. That whole saying about behind every great man there is a great woman? I can be that for you. I just want to be a great woman with excellent aim.” ― Pittacus Lore, The Fall of Five
“Lightening falls, all you can do is- pray God that it doesn't fall on you.” ― John Hart, The Last Child
“We can all live with doubts. It's the knowing that breaks us.Iron House” ― John Hart
“Because we don't really sparkle.” ― John G. Hartness, Hard Day's Knight
“Recuerda lo que valga la pena recordar. Ignora el resto.” ― John Katzenbach, El profesor
“Mom, I remember Lizzie,” Hart said. “She’s really not my type.” “She has a brother,” Wes said, from his lounge. “He’s not my type, either,” Hart said.” ― John Scalzi, The Human Division
“Then she turned for the great mouth of a door, and by the time it inhaled her, she was a much older woman.” ― John Hart, Down River
“I'd been awake for thirty-six hours and driving for ten. Restless weeks, sleepless nights, and the decision stole into me like a thief. I never planned to go back to North Carolina- I'd buried it- but I blinked and found my hands on the wheel, Manhattan a sinking island to the north. I wore a week-old beard and three day denim, felt stretched by an edginess that bordered on pain, but no one here would fail to recognize me. That's what home was all about, for good or bad.” ― John Hart, Down River
“Perhaps the twentieth-century Senator is not called upon to risk his entire future on one basic issue in the manner of Edmund Ross or Thomas Hart Benton. Perhaps our modern acts of political courage do not arouse the public in the manner that crushed the career of Sam Houston and John Quincy Adams. Still, when we realize that a newspaper that chooses to denounce a Senator today can reach many thousand times as many voters as could be reached by all of Daniel Webster’s famous and articulate detractors put together, these stories of twentieth-century political courage have a drama, an excitement—and an inspiration—all their own.” ― John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic
“Disgust was an organ in Hunt's gut. The more he thought about it, the more it churned.” ― John Hart, The Last Child
“For a year, Johnny lived the new, brutal truth that he was on his own.But that's the way it was. What had been concrete one day proved sand the next; strength was illusion; faith meant shit. So what? So his once-bright world had devolved to cold, wet fog. That was life, the new order. Johnny had nothing to trust but himself, so that's the way he rolled - his path, his choices, and no looking back.” ― John Hart, The Last Child
“No se puede escribir una novela o componer una canción, no se puede acordar una adquisición o ampliar una oferta sin una completa dedicación a la tarea que se tiene entre manos.” ― John Katzenbach, El profesor
“I'm sixty-nine years old, and I have no plans to run for reelection. Do you think I give a damn?” ― John Hart, The King of Lies
“When I was sixteen I read ten books a week: E.E. Cummings, William Faulkner, Henry James, Hart Crane, John Steinbeck. I thought I progressed in literature by reading faster and faster--but reading more is reading less. I learned to slow down.” ― Donald Hall, A Carnival Of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety
“We can live with doubts," Jessop said "It's the knowing that breaks us.” ― John Hart, Iron House
“GREG ANNOUNCES HIS RESEARCH AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON: 'Alright I have a theory " he announced rejoining us and taking a healthy slug of scotch himself. "And if I'm right we're going to need more booze. And more ammo. And maybe an extra priest.” ― John G. Hartness, Hard Day's Knight
“Our questions, which began politely, were politely ignored.” ― John Hart, The King of Lies
“She turned the water scalding hot and scrubbed her face until it hurt, but the eyes still looked wrong. She tore off her clothes and stepped into the shower; but it was not enough.The dirt was on the inside.” ― John Hart, The Last Child
“I grab Sarah’s hand. “You are more than that. I need you here with me. You’re pretty much the only thing keeping me from completely melting down.”“I get it,” she says. “You’re going to save the freaking world and I’m going to help you. That whole saying about behind every great man there is a great woman? I can be that for you. I just want to be a great woman with excellent aim.” ― Pittacus Lore, The Fall of Five
“Lightening falls, all you can do is- pray God that it doesn't fall on you.” ― John Hart, The Last Child
“We can all live with doubts. It's the knowing that breaks us.Iron House” ― John Hart
“Because we don't really sparkle.” ― John G. Hartness, Hard Day's Knight
“Recuerda lo que valga la pena recordar. Ignora el resto.” ― John Katzenbach, El profesor
“Mom, I remember Lizzie,” Hart said. “She’s really not my type.” “She has a brother,” Wes said, from his lounge. “He’s not my type, either,” Hart said.” ― John Scalzi, The Human Division
“Then she turned for the great mouth of a door, and by the time it inhaled her, she was a much older woman.” ― John Hart, Down River
“I'd been awake for thirty-six hours and driving for ten. Restless weeks, sleepless nights, and the decision stole into me like a thief. I never planned to go back to North Carolina- I'd buried it- but I blinked and found my hands on the wheel, Manhattan a sinking island to the north. I wore a week-old beard and three day denim, felt stretched by an edginess that bordered on pain, but no one here would fail to recognize me. That's what home was all about, for good or bad.” ― John Hart, Down River
“Perhaps the twentieth-century Senator is not called upon to risk his entire future on one basic issue in the manner of Edmund Ross or Thomas Hart Benton. Perhaps our modern acts of political courage do not arouse the public in the manner that crushed the career of Sam Houston and John Quincy Adams. Still, when we realize that a newspaper that chooses to denounce a Senator today can reach many thousand times as many voters as could be reached by all of Daniel Webster’s famous and articulate detractors put together, these stories of twentieth-century political courage have a drama, an excitement—and an inspiration—all their own.” ― John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic
“Disgust was an organ in Hunt's gut. The more he thought about it, the more it churned.” ― John Hart, The Last Child
“For a year, Johnny lived the new, brutal truth that he was on his own.But that's the way it was. What had been concrete one day proved sand the next; strength was illusion; faith meant shit. So what? So his once-bright world had devolved to cold, wet fog. That was life, the new order. Johnny had nothing to trust but himself, so that's the way he rolled - his path, his choices, and no looking back.” ― John Hart, The Last Child
“No se puede escribir una novela o componer una canción, no se puede acordar una adquisición o ampliar una oferta sin una completa dedicación a la tarea que se tiene entre manos.” ― John Katzenbach, El profesor
“I'm sixty-nine years old, and I have no plans to run for reelection. Do you think I give a damn?” ― John Hart, The King of Lies
“When I was sixteen I read ten books a week: E.E. Cummings, William Faulkner, Henry James, Hart Crane, John Steinbeck. I thought I progressed in literature by reading faster and faster--but reading more is reading less. I learned to slow down.” ― Donald Hall, A Carnival Of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety
“We can live with doubts," Jessop said "It's the knowing that breaks us.” ― John Hart, Iron House
“GREG ANNOUNCES HIS RESEARCH AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON: 'Alright I have a theory " he announced rejoining us and taking a healthy slug of scotch himself. "And if I'm right we're going to need more booze. And more ammo. And maybe an extra priest.” ― John G. Hartness, Hard Day's Knight
“Our questions, which began politely, were politely ignored.” ― John Hart, The King of Lies
