582 quotes found
“In my mind he is a demon and a godand I blame him, I blame him, I blame himfor the world I created on my ownas much as the one he built around me.”
“Unfortunately, the escape became the trap.”
“She dressed in bohemian clothes, penned novels, panted, and yearned to roam forgotten corners of the world. She was habitually defiant and fearless, and when she felt controlled, as she often did, ...”
“Are we safe from human exposure? I don't want the owners to find a busted-up angel and a buzzed vampire lurking in their shed and freak out.”
“With a new found confidence, Briston comes alive. "Then we have to do something. We need to call the police, or the swat team, maybe the military.""Yeah, and why we're at it, why don't we send a pr...”
“He stops and turns to me. Do you think people would stare if I threw you over my shoulder? Because I really want to do that. Then I can ogle your ass and just run. The look in his eye is a little m...”
“Dont fool yourself: we all have a cruel streak. We keep it under lock and key either because were afraid of getting punished or because we believe this will somehow make a difference, make the worl...”
“This is a small town, so everyone talks. Ironic, isn't itso few people, so many opinions?”
“Letting him goThere is a particular kind of suffering to be experienced when you love something greater than yourself. A tender sacrifice. Like the pained silence felt in the lost song of a mermaid”
“Stop trying to 'fix' yourself”
“Happiness fades by design, precisely because it’s a means to an end, not an end in itself. We continually need to meet our psychological, emotional, and physical needs to remain healthy. If one mea...”
“Holiness doesn’t demand denial of happiness, only selfishness. Where unhappiness exists in a relationship, I would submit that such isn’t the price of holiness but a sign of sin. It is an indicatio...”
“Don't tell me the moon is shining”
“If religion is true, one must believe. And if one chooses not to believe, one’s choice is marked under the category of a refusal, and is thus never really free: it has the duress of a recoil.” With...”
“Being sick successfully is not included in society’s panoply of worthy goals.”
“This was long before the term 'single-parent family' came into use”
“Grace isn't meant to be fair, grace is meant to be good”
“May we take responsibility for the truth of our lives and challenge others to do the same.May we learn to love and forgive others, even when we know their messes.against us.May we know the truth of...”
“Learning the way of grace is about truth. It’s reconciling the truth, of both our own infinite value and of others’ infinite value—despite our depths ofbrokenness.”
“A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces. They tear things down and make new again.”
