Quotes by Adele

“God, I felt as if I had just been flattened by Elmer the elephant.”

“George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suff...”

“Reading about the response of people in stories, plays, poems, helps us to respond more courageously and openly at our own moments of turning.”

“I get glimmers of the bad nineteenth-century teaching which has made Mother remove God from the realm of mystery and beauty and glory, but why do people half my age think that they don't have faith...”

“Sadly, like many times in life, including winning the lottery, we dont always get what we wish for.”

“Clearly, she hadnt heard of the two words social and life.”

“With every step, I cursed the person who had ever invented the saying: Speak of the devil. Clearly, they had no sympathy for me!”

“Hecate smelt the odour of death as clearly as she might smell the wonderful, scented fragrance of blooming flowers in springtime or the delicious smell of dinner wafting down the hallway.”

“How could they have forgotten the importance of todays date? My brain screamed at me as, with shaking fingers, I climbed the stairs to the bus, before making my way to the back, out of sight. My bi...”

“Surely, if my parents and older brother were awake now, that would mean that they would have remembered such an important date and, as soon as they saw me, congratulate me on living another year? A...”

“I guess that the goddess Venus wasnt on my side with this fine specimen of the male gender!”

“Although he was undeniably handsome, at the end of the day, he was still some random stranger, who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, wanted to talk to me and who knew my name. The term Stranger...”

“Make a run for it! A voice in my head commanded me. Make a run for it, before its too late! This voice was clearly sensible. However, sometimes I wasnt sensible, especially when intrigue was involved.”

“PE! This word was comprised of two single letters, which would normally not cause anyone any trouble. They were two single letters that were usually associated with the further words of health and ...”

“I was in my element, excuse the pun.”

“His tricks had raised the temperature of the room considerably, although I was pretty sure his presence alone had that effect.”

“How could I suddenly go from a person who had struggled to dissect an already dead mouse, to someone who was willing to murder a human being? There was no logic to it!”

“It his mind, they reminded him of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, with an extra emphasise placed on the Dum!”

“Hecate dresses in all black, is extremely pale, unearthly beautiful and has the most chilling eyes Ive ever known. All in all, she comes across as one of The Walking Dead except alive and far pret...”

“The library could be summed up in three words enormous, ancient and dusty extremely dusty. It was exactly like those magnificent libraries you more or less see in every gothic movie. Whats more, ...”