Lee Goldberg quotes

“Happiness is an illusion, Natalie. It doesn't actually exist." "Of course it does," I said. "It's what you feel when you're not sad." "That's unconsciousness. And I'm pretty sure that I'm miserable when I am unconscious, too.”
-- Lee Goldberg

Source : Lee Goldberg (2011). “Mr. Monk on the Couch”, p.49, Penguin

#Doe Quotes #Miserable Quotes #Illusion Quotes

“So there you have it: Nature is a rotten mess. But that's only the beginning. If you take your eyes off it for one second, it will kill you. Thorns, insects, fungus, worms, birds, reptiles, wild animals, raging rivers, bottomless ravines, dry deserts, snow, quicksand, tumbleweeds, sap, and mud. Rot, poison and death. That's Nature.It's a wonder you even step outside of your cabin, I said.My bravery exceeds my good sense, he said.”
-- Lee Goldberg

Source : Lee Goldberg (2009). “Mr. Monk in Trouble”, p.70, Penguin

#Eye Quotes #Animal Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“Guilt and fear are a kind of rot. It spreads unless it's cleaned. And there's only one way to do that.”
-- Lee Goldberg

Source : Lee Goldberg (2011). “Mr. Monk on the Couch”, p.127, Penguin

#Fear Quotes #Guilt Quotes #Way Quotes

“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”

“Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.”

Source : FaceBook post by A.S. Byatt from Jun 30, 2010

“The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.”

“I think to feel this happy is to be miserable, to feel this much satisfaction is to burn.”

“If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.”

Source : Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”

“How is it possible for me to be so miserable and embarrassed and humiliated and beaten an function still talk and smile and concentrate?”

“Set goals so big that unless God helps you, you will be a miserable failure.”

Source : Bill Bright (2004). “The Journey Home: Finishing with Joy”, p.79, Thomas Nelson Inc

“But the world is out there, and it understands that the illusion of knowledge and freedom is not the same as the real thing. Eventually it will fade, and there are those who will do whatever it takes to make that happen sooner rather than later.”

“These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless, and parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends.”

“Reason may cure illusions, but not suffering.”