It was, of course, odd for a lady to be opening her own door, but from the look of the place, Magnus assumed the entire staff of servants had been given the decade off.
The conviction that everyone in this house must be dead had gained such a hold on Magnus that it was a shock when the woman who had summoned him here opened the door.
The night of my accident, when I opened my eyes and you were there? Seeing you again, Rebecca...It was like someone let the air back into the room.
The Mercy of Allah is an Ocean, Our sins are a lump of clay clenched between the beak of a pigeon. The pigeon is perched on the branch of a tree at the edge of that ocean.It only has to open it's beak
They're fanatics. It's like expecting humanity from a falling rock. It's not going to have a fit of compassion and not crack your skull open.
For the most expensive way to realize an orgasm, men open their wallets. For the cheapest, they close their eyes.
To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God.
If he didn’t want to talk about it, I wouldn’t mention anything. I wanted him to open it up for me, not me intruding and asking questions to him.
It is so easy to have our eyes opened, but then close them again, pretend it never happened, and go back to doing what has always been done.
To live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us.
A gust of wind doesn't suddenly bang a door open. A clock doesn't chime. The phone doesn't ring. Yet in the next instant the stillness breaks as if it is crystal.
Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.
When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.
Valor in the leader is often an expression of the leader's character, fortitude, grace, vulnerability, openness, and honesty.
I opened my eyes and met his dark, earnest gaze. "It's okay," I said. "It's okay now. I'm here I'll always be here for you.
Let life be the foundation. Be brave. Wander deep inside yourself to the little room no one knows about. Fling the door wide open and write.
Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.
The vampire's eyes were open, and he was staring at her intently. It was as though he were trying to speak to her with simply the power of a glare. Alexia did not speak glare-ish.
I see again my schoolroom in Vyra, the blue roses of the wallpaper, the open window.… Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die.
Life provides chances to open your heart all the time.
Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.
