I remember, as a child, a particular groan that my father would sound when he crawled from the bed in the morning. I hear the same groan now, precisely, every morning, when I emerge from my own lair. It's more than an expression of physical weariness...
I have come to realize my need to take the New Testament witness seriously that groaning and grief and feeling broken are legitimate ways for me to express my cross-bearing discipleship to Jesus. It's not as if groaning means I am somehow doing somet...
Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.
Nico started to crawl away, groaning. Percy wanted him to move faster and groan less. He considered throwing his wonder bread at him.
Get up, groan, write a bit, moan, eat breakfast, write some more, cycle my bike through the Sligo hills, make up country songs as I pedal along, sing them, have lunch, have a nap, groan, moan, write a small bit more, cook dinner, feed wifey, open a b...
I'm all groan up in America.
Life is too fleet for onomatopoeia.
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
For death is life. It is only living that is lifeless.
You can only do so much grunting and groaning and then you're done, you know?
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me; For now hath time made me his numbering clock: My thoughts are minutes; and with sighs they jar Their watches on unto mine eyes, the outward watch, Whereto my finger, like a dial's point, Is pointing still, ...
Oh how I hate people!
A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.
Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.
Yank some of the groans out of your prayers and shove in some shouts.
I don't mind a crowd's not laughing; it's the groans that slow down the show.
An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.
The vaults of Buckingham palace are groaning with priceless, useless freebies from foreign dignitaries.
Groans that words cannot express are often prayers that God cannot refuse.
'Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.
The next time you're tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead.
