Quotes of: Best-intentions Keyword

Some people flee some other people. In some country under a sun and some clouds. They abandon something close to all they’ve got, sown fields, some chickens, dogs, mirrors in which fire now preens. Their shoulders bear pitchers and bundles. The emp...

Monologue of a Dog

But she knew it would never happen. She had no intention of visiting him there. Even if she were open to the idea, as Mom and Dad both hoped she would be, the mathematics of it seemed utterly impossible to her. What was she supposed to do, spend Chri...

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

The room where they were dancing was very dark.... It was queer to be in his arms.... She had known better dancers.... He had looked ill.... Perhaps he was.... Oh, poor Valentine-Elisabeth.... What a funny position!.... The good gramophone played.......

Parade's End

You want to …?” His other eye popped open as I started to slide down his body, intent on exploring that part of him which had given me so much pleasure. He grabbed me before I was able to move four inches. I looked up, worried that I had done som...

Playing with Fire

Her parents, she said, has put a pinball machine inside her head when she was five years old. The red balls told her when she should laugh, the blue ones when she should be silent and keep away from other people; the green balls told her that she sho...

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

I go out on the porch and gaze up at the stars twinkling above, the random scattering of millions of stars. Even in a planetarium you wouldn't find as many. Some of them really look big and distinct, like if you reached your hand out intently you cou...

Kafka on the Shore

Government advocate: General Dyer, is it correct that you ordered your troops to fire at the thickest part of the crowd? Gen. Dyer: [righteous tone] That is so. Government advocate: One thousand five hundred and sixteen casualties with one thousand s...

Gandhi

The Girlfriend 911 Cheat Sheet: 1) Change your behavior, and you’ll change his. 2) Create a high standard for yourself. 3) Create a boundary for yourself and for him. 4) Allow him to take the lead every step of the way. It’s a chess game. He make...

Love

Girlfriends and boyfriends come and go. The good times had with them are easily forgotten. But best friends stay in your heart forever.

Crush Control

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.

Caravan of Dreams

Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting your story straight.

Cold Days

Haylee shook her head as soon as they were gone. “Christ, how can our family be mankind’s best hope?

Common Descent

No," said Father. "Just do the best you can and don't let it worry you. In that way you'll have a clear conscience and a tranquil heart.

Caddie Woodlawn's Family

Secrets, however long they are kept, usually still manage to be brought to light. The best you can hope for is that you’ll be in control of when a secret gets out, not if it does.” -Melody in CHIMERA-

Chimera

Keep your prayer simple. Whatever confuses or complicates prayer is probably best forgotten.

Challenge: A Daily Meditation Program Based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius

You have this lifetime to make the best of your dreams. Don't wait a moment longer and start right now.

Create and Move Forward in Life

God's image…is found not best in individual humans, but in humans as they relate to each other.

The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters

My life hasn't been perfect, yet I've never wasted my time envying anyone else. If something wasn't the best it could be - I made it better.

Convicted

It was no way to think about her best friend’s boyfriend. But every time she saw Andy, her body reacted. My gaydar is defective, she thought grimly.

Clothing Optional

Remind me, Lord, of why I create things and that YOU ... you are the best of artists, put these gifts in me to share with the world.

Covering Your Business in Prayer

My best days are Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday." "Ian," Wesley noted, "that covers the whole week." Ian nods his head. "Pretty much.

Children of the Flower Power