Quotes of: Big-question Keyword

She meant you have to live a story for a time.' 'And?' 'And then you can write it, in time. What have you lived?' 'Kind of a personal question for Twitterland.' 'Kind of the perfect question to answer in fiction.

The Novelist

Florentino Ariza always forgot when he should not have that women, and Prudencia Pitre more than any other, always think about the hidden meanings of questions more than about the questions themselves.

Love in the Time of Cholera

Writing is a defence against boredom, but it's also a cure for melancholy.

Pirouettes on a Postage Stamp: An Interview-Novel with Questions Asked and Answers Recorded by László Szigeti

'Who are we?' And to me that's the essential question that's always been in science fiction. A lot of science fiction stories are - at their very best - evocations of that question. When we look up at the night sky and wonder, 'Is there anyone else o...

David Gerrold

Best strategy for a first date is to ask her questions. Just keeping asking her questions about herself. Her life, her job, her friends, her taste in movies and music and everything. People mostly just want to talk about themselves, so let her do tha...

Michael Ian Black

Most propositions and questions, that have been written about philosophical matters, are not false, but senseless. ... (They are of the same kind as the question whether the Good is more or less identical than the Beautiful.)

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

We can only continue to promote invention, creativity and success by asking of ourselves, our situations and problems some key questions. What questions are you asking today?

Making Success Deliberate

Ann prayed because of a gut-wrenching, throbbing pain in her soul. She urgently begged the Lord for her life.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

God had not abandoned us. He was actively working behind the scenes, when I had no means or spirit to fight.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

God dramatically slew one monstrous opponent and then threw us into the arena against a stronger and more vicious foe.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

Each appointment brought fear, uncertainty and discouragement. Ann’s constant concern was, What if I have cancer?

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

We don’t know why God chose to deliver Peter from death and James through death. The text doesn’t say.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

Because Ann learned to trust God fifteen years ago, she is able to trust God now with an even more difficult situation.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

Joseph’s trials were unjust, inexplicable and heartrending. Yet Joseph knew God, and he knew that God had a plan.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

Ann: How my heart has ached. How empty I have felt. How I’ve ached to hold my two babies.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

Don’t ever discount the cry of your heart. God may be working in your heart to bring about his sovereign plan.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

Keith: Sometimes God grants us sustenance. But God also grants us deliverance. It’s only a matter of time.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

I needed to decide if I would still worship God if he allowed Matt to lose his eye.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

Ann: I feel like I should read verses and be comforted. But it doesn’t happen.

Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

I was never challenged when it came to acting as a youngster. I sort of just did whatever was given to me without asking questions. I didn't really understand why I enjoyed it or why I did it.

Mary-Kate Olsen

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.

Nicholas Sparks