Bonnie Jo Campbell on exploration
Bonnie Jo Campbell177 quotes“I hope that my stories serve as explorations and help show readers how and why real-life women don’t always make the “correct” decisions in the face of economic and sexual troubles.”
Filed under
More from Bonnie Jo Campbell
If you are living for tomorrow, you will always be one day behind.
Bill HicksBill Hicks For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.
Bob BarrBob Barr Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
Bill ParcellsBill Parcells I’m the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I’m really surprised if a movie I like does well.
Zooey DeschanelZooey Deschanel The definition of black irony is Pro-lifers killing Doctors who do abortions
Bill HicksBill Hicks Just work. Don’t wait. Everybody’s waiting until they have the perfect idea to start working. Even if you have an inkling of what you want to do, start moving towards it. And it’s going to flesh itself out through the process of moving towards the goal.
Brandon StantonBrandon Stanton A miniature village in Bournemouth caught fire and the flames could be seen nearly three feet away.
Bob MonkhouseBob Monkhouse Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can’t trump bad policy.
Bob SchafferBob Schaffer We’ll never die, and all our dreams come true the instant that we have them. And Eve said, Yeah… it’s just not enough is it?
Bill HicksBill Hicks The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
William JamesWilliam James We killed 6 innocent people, launching 22, I think $3 million apiece missiles on Baghdad…that’s a little bit overdoing it.
Bill HicksBill Hicks If you meet somebody who says he or she has never dreamed of flying, I don’t believe you. I mean, they’re lying.
Bill NyeBill Nye On the theft of his material by Denis Leary: “I have a scoop for you. I stole his act. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did.”
Bill HicksBill Hicks I’m not the Carter who’ll never tell a lie.
Billy CarterBilly Carter Pot is a better drug than alcohol. I’ll prove it to you. You’re at a ball game or a concert, and someone’s really violent and agressive and obnoxious, are they drunk or are they smoking pot?
Bill HicksBill Hicks All your beliefs, they’re just that. They’re nothing. They’re how you were taught and raised. That doesn’t make ’em real.
Bill HicksBill Hicks
Original quotes
From our community writers
With new relationships, we get scared of being loved because we scared of rejection. Don’t let your fears ruin a perfectly good relationship.
Emily BockEmily Bock I love having someone to talk to all night.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith It is a loud war to love you in silence.
Noor BazziNoor Bazzi Don’t let unimportant people have too much power over you.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park Remember that your purpose is indeed to be nothing else but YOU, all that you are and all that you want to be.
ShamaShama I like the crazy ones- the ones made of a little bit of human and a lot of star.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden Let go and trust in the higher power to guide you.
Lisa RoseLisa Rose Let the music fill the empty patches of your soul. And heal you.
Makenzie CampbellMakenzie Campbell
Meet the writers
More on exploration
I like things that go into hidden, mysterious places, places I want to explore that are very disturbing. In that disturbing thing, there is sometimes tremendous poetry and truth.
David LynchDavid Lynch I want to explore a lot of things, do acting here and there.
Kylie JennerKylie Jenner Everyone knows what their roots are, but you’ve got to explore everywhere. You’ve got to explore the sky too.
Mick JaggerMick Jagger Her soul was too deep to explore by those who always swam in the shallow end.
T.L. MartinT.L. Martin What I’m exploring right now is the subject of my own mortality, It’s an area that I’m curious about, and I’m researching it to see if there’s a photographic essay in it for me. If images don’t start to come, I’ll go to something else.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy In order to access a warrior’s courage, we must explore why we are so committed to our story and what we are afraid will happen if we give it up.
Debbie FordDebbie Ford That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy I chose life over death for myself and my friends. I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.
Ernest ShackletonErnest Shackleton
