Without habit, the beauty of the world would overwhelm us. We’d pass out every time we saw— actually saw— a flower. Imagine if we only got to see a cumulonimbus cloud or Cassiopeia or a snowfall once a century: there’d be pandemonium in the s...
I don't think we get answers to every question. We don't get all the whys. But I think when we look back to the end of our lives, if we do the best we can, and we will see that the things we begged God to take from us, the things we cursed him for, t...
Gemma, I’m not going to hurt you.” His voice is as smooth as silk as he winds around the bed, his radiant, green eyes fixed on me. “I promise I won’t hurt you. Everything’s okay.” I laugh sharply as I put weight on my weak legs. “That�...
There is no medicine or other intervention that appears to be nearly as effective as exercise in maintaining or even bumping up a person's cognitive abilities.
The awakening passed from simple recognition of my need for God at the center of my life, to a depth where the will is stirred And that is a deeper place by far. That is the place of response, of unifying one's heart, mind, soul and feet around a dec...
He looks at Mr. Vacanti and the man looks back at him with somehow gentle eyes. It surprises David to see the man has gentle eyes. It surprises him, even at thirty-seven, to discover that monsters can have gentle eyes. Something is terribly wrong wit...
Jesus came for us, but that doesn't mean he came to please us. Jesus came for us, but he does not answer to us. Jesus came for us, but he will not subject himself to our agenda . . .
Mother Gothel: [Rapunzel has just locked Flynn in her closet] Rapunzel! Let down your hair! Rapunzel: One moment, Mother! Mother Gothel: I have a big surprise! Rapunzel: Uh... I do too! Mother Gothel: Ooh, I'll bet my surprise is bigger! Rapunzel: [t...
I was recalling that other world in which it had thrilled me, in a way, the surprise of thinking that I could be a person who would betray Daniel. Now I wondered if Daniel could surprise himself, could surprise me, by being such a person too. Would h...
In high school, I was the biggest procrastinator in the world.
A moment of time is the biggest mystery in physics.
I'm the biggest slob in the world. My apartment is a mess.
President Obama's biggest weakness is weakness.
My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.
Being properly prepared is one of the biggest assets in business and in athletic competition.
Next to acting, being in the great outdoors is my biggest passion.
In school, my biggest fear was that I couldn't produce emotion on cue.
The biggest cliche in photography is sunrise and sunset.
Men lie the most, women tell the biggest lies.
Inaction may be the biggest form of action.
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.
