Quotes of: Francis Keyword

The devil does some of his best work behind stained glass.

The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way

Until one comes who is mightier, The one sprung from misery, The one who was weak, The one who was hunted, The one marked with claw and vine, The one named in secret, The one called Jezelia.

The Kiss of Deception

While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate.

The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created A New Mythology

Every man has a weakness!” he patiently explained. “I'll find theirs, I promise you.” “Every man?” “Yes,” he answered emphatically. ... “What is your weakness, Brodick?” she asked. “You.

Ransom

The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.

The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart

Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace

When we bring deep awareness to whatever's bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.

Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace

There is so much we just can't see or know right now, including precisely how our actions will ripple out.

Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace

I don't know which is worse, going to the library or stealing and breaking the laws of Shabbat, but I know what the prophet's talking about when he says one sin begets another.

The Romance Reader

Since we live in the heads of those who remember us, we lose control of our lives and become who they want us to be.

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Honor, obey?" Gisbourne shouted, grappling with John. "This is what you call being a good wife?" I stopped. "I never said I'd be a good wife, Guy. Just that I'd marry you.

Scarlet

You traitorous bitch!" he yelled. "You goddamn liar!" I laughed. "You knew I were a bitch and a liar when you married me, Guy. It's your own damn fault for agreeing to it.

Scarlet

Dope don't have no sympathy, not for love or family, definitely not for fear. Put dope and the devil up against each other in the ring, and dope will win out. Every single time.

The Shining Girls

And in that moment, Grace understood something that she would never forget: Home wasn't just a building or an apartment with a roof and beds and chairs inside. Home was with her family, wherever they were.

Saving Grace

In India even the most mundane inquiries have a habit of ending this way. There may be two answers, there may be five, a dozen or a hundred; the only thing that is certain is that all will be different.

Slowly Down the Ganges

Next time, can you ask him to bring cookies? I don't like to put up with that level of insane unless there's some kind of high-calorie compensation.

The Shining Girls

She pouted prettily, and he wondered if that was one of the things they taught wealthy young girls at schools like Miss Porter's. If not, it had been passed down from one generation to another as carefully as the secret of fire.

Summer Island

Nismo li možda tijekom vremena tumačili kršćanstvo suviše isključivo kao religiju osjetljivu za grijeh te u skladu s tim premalo osjetljivu za trpljenje?

Memoria passionis: Ein provozierendes Gedächtnis in pluralistischer Gesellschaft

That's what came from having romance in your soul. You believe in things like love at first sight and perfect presents.

My Best Friend's Girl