Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups.
I'll take the cemetery," Kane said. He didn't sound excited. Rather, he sounded resigned. "The club might collapse if I go.
Pin his fucking legs." "Can't. Got his arms." "Knock him out, Paris." "Sure. Want me to spew diamonds from my ass while I'm at it?
You must rely on reason and science,” she said, “and be guided by a likewise rational ethic of human concern. You must do your utmost as individuals to improve your understanding, ability and compassion.
What is life," he asked the maiden, "without love? I would rather have this one night with you than another thousand years.
Dear Lord,” she said in a strangled whisper. “I can bear it for a while...but please don't let it hurt forever.
The moon in all her immaculate purity hung in the sky, laughing at this world of dust. She congratulated me for my carefully considered maneuvers and invited me to share in her eternal solitude.
We would all believe in God if he served our every whim. Belief is not about an easy life or even truth. Belief is something you have regardless.
He lifted a hand to her face, running a fingertip across her cheekbone and down to her mouth. It lingered for a moment before he dropped his hand to his side. "I'll be here.
To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can die without being misunderstood.
Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.
We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
So now books were her only friends. She'd read so often she could recite whole scenes by memory. It was not a skill that aided one in becoming popular.
A statement of truth, and that is: Everything I have accomplished is Thanks to the Lord above, and without him my success would have been impossible.
We live through the belief of children...Regicide is , citizens. Inscribe in your hearts. The Great Pretend is a fragile construct.
In a personalized world, important but complex or unpleasant issues are less likely to come to our attention at all.
There is no exception to this rule: "All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant." They say there is no rule without an exception, but there is an exception to that rule.
No matter what argument you make against evolution, the response is Yes, and it's possible to believe in Spiderman and believe in God, but that doesn't prove Spiderman is true.
His tongue felt good, it tasted good, it was all just good. Not just good. It was better than good. I missed this. I loved kissing and, Lord, did I miss it.
...all "months" work together for the good of those who love the Lord! ...all the days of this month will work together for your goodness!