119 quotes found
“Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, l...”
“I know that she deserves the best and purest love the heart of man can offer," said Mrs. Maylie; "I know that the devotion and affection of her nature require no ordinary return, but one that shall...”
“One thing I’ve learnt about humans: you can’t judge their strength by the size of their actions, but by the devotion of an act, no matter how small.”
“Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying, but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?”
“There was something about total loyalty, uncritical devotion, endless patience, perpetual forgiveness and the general inability to believe that a loved one could ever do anything wrong that, frankl...”
“I believe in love―a kind, selfless, unending devotion. I believe it is rare.”
“Goodbye, Room." I wave up at Skylight. "Say goodbye," I tell Ma. "Goodbye, Room."Ma says it but on mute.I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened. Then we go ou...”
“I would rather devote myself to what I always did - trying to heal people. That is my way of healing myself.”
“She thought, I need no cup. I am Chalice. I am filling with the grief and hurt and fear of my demesne; the shattered earthlines weigh me down; I am brimming with the needs of my people.”
“Son, I hope your opinion of your mother hasn’t lessened, knowing what you now know.” Gavin glanced up; incredulity skewed his eyebrows. His expression appeared both stunned and appalled. “Never, Fa...”
“Isabella." He pronounced my full name carefully, then playfully ruffled my hair with his free hand. A shock ran through my body at his casual touch. "Bella, I couldn't live with myself if I ever hu...”
“I believe that many who find that "nothing happens" when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tou...”
“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of ...”
“...don't think love is just an emotion - I am dangerous and you know it because I will do anything you ask me to do...”
“... your grasp, even in fury, would have a charm for me...”
“We were both satellites orbiting Denny’s sun, struggling for gravitational supremacy. Of course, she had the advantage of her tongue and her thumbs, and when I watched her kiss and fondle him somet...”
“...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...”
“...I don't want security - to be self-assured - I want to risk my heart in making your portrait and be paid the wages of your devotion...”
“From the first time I saw you, I've belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me. -Jace”
