Miranda July Quotes

My family really does come first. It always did and always will.

In 'The Next Three Days,' even though it was a prison breakout movie, I was asking myself, 'What would I do? How far would I go for the woman I loved? How far would I go, and what would I do when the person then told me that they were guilty? Could I still believe in them?' So it was very personal.

It comes down to a choice between the Little Sisters and Big Brother, and I'm going with the Sisters.

I used to think that only a mother could provide unconditional love and make sacrifices.

A lot of guys are going to say, 'Look, if it meant me getting a Super Bowl ring, I'd run right over the top of my brother.' And I would have. But once it was said and done, I would have been very disappointed that I had to get the ring at my brother's expense.

Family's number one; just, that's flat out it, and I think a lot of people, when they're put in a certain position, will come to that conclusion, and you'll just do whatever.

I care about hurting other people because, well, I don't want to hurt people - well, I do sometimes, but I still don't.

Conscientious objection is an intrinsic part of being a soldier.

As a parent you have to do some renunciation.

You are not going to die, I know I said I'd let you, but I can't.

This was not a man who wanted to give up his mate. This was a man trying to do the honorable thing—and give her a choice, no matter hiw much it cost him.

A wretched child Is he who does not return his parents' care.

I am sorry," was all Drizzt could quietly mouth. Vierna shook her head, refusing any apology. To Drizzt, it seemed as if that buried part of her that was Zaknafein Do'Urden's daughter approved of this ending.

I can't kill someone!" "You hit your brother in the head with a fire extinguisher." "But that was family! And I didn't kill him.

You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn't do that,' I say. 'It would have been like shooting myself.' He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks.

Friendship may well deserve the sacrifice of pleasure, though not of conscience.

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

Happy is it to place a daughter; yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the object of his tender care.

If his mother was drowning and I was drowning and he had to choose one of us to save, He says he'd save me.

Sometimes you have to do what’s wrong in order to do what’s right.

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.

God uses the opposite situation of each fruit to allow us a choice. You can't claim to be good if you have never been tempted to be bad.

And you," he says, "you need to talk to your boy." He lifts my chin. "And if he needs saving, then you save him. Isn't that what you told me you did for each other?" I let go a few more tears but then I nod. "Over and over again.

A leader must be ready to send the soldiers under his command to their deaths

Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments?