Checkmate Quotes

“A soul is only set free when it becomes constrained by the bonds of love.”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“We want the benefits of intimacy without the risks of transparency. So our lives are always made up of games of hide-and-seek. We want to be found and yet we want to hide from the consequences of being found. Intimacy is the license that you give to someone else to hurt you the most.”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“GPS on the molecular level.”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“anything you do in the dark. In other words, it’s any act that you try to hide from others. So, what kind of person are you when the shades are drawn? That’s really the question. “Integrity,” as Dr. Werjonic used to say, “has no private life.” But, of course, no one has complete integrity because everyone has things to hide. All of us act differently when no one is watching.”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“In truth, every one of us leads a double life. We act one way when the door is open, another when it’s closed. We have certain impressions we try to make on others, pretenses we strive to keep up.”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“mentor once told me that every dead end shows you more clearly the pattern of the labyrinth, that each one you encounter gives you one more piece of information that’ll help you as you methodically fail your way to success. That’s how he put it: failing your way to success.”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“her iPhone in the bowl so the sound would be amplified—pretty much the cheapest speaker system”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“Tryphena?” “It’s Greek. Means ‘delicate.’ Brin came across it the other day somewhere in the Bible,”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“want the benefits of intimacy without the risks of transparency. So our lives are always made up of games of hide-and-seek. We want to be found and yet we want to hide from the consequences of being found. Intimacy is the license that you give to someone else to hurt you the most.”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“Guatemalan Antigua.”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“The only people who aren’t hypocrites are those whose morals are so twisted, whose consciences are so seared, that they don’t believe in any ideals higher than those they actually live out.”
― Steven James, Checkmate

“truth is the one thing no one needs to be protected from.”
― Steven James, Checkmate