It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted as the religion of the empire under the auspices of Marcus Aurelius instead of those of Constantine.
As far as he could see, the drawings were simply alive. They might be colored earth on rock, but they were as alive as the kangaroo that'd just hopped away.
Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.
You might have liked the United States more,”” she said. “They’ve got more stuff. And if your spaceship is broken, they can probably fix it better.
Talon thought kissing Flit to shut him up might be a good idea. He was wrong. It was a fucking great idea.
Remember, children, all the stories are true." Simon tried to wrap his head around the idea that there might, somewhere in Germany, be a large bean stalk with an angry giant at the top.
Her tears still lay, unattended, on my bosom...I wouldn't wipe them, for she might stop paying me visits.
If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a single line.
What he was scared of was not that maybe she was a creature who survived by drinking other people's blood. No, it was that she might push him away.
If we always live in constant fear then we might miss the beauty of the moment right now, right here.
Limitation of one's freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
If man could apply half the ingenuity he’s exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there’s no limit to what he might yet accomplish
She had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didn’t want to be without her.
The taste one gets of death in dreams I find more penetrating and atmospheric than the ordinary fear one might suffer while awake.
I try to think up material that might apply to the subjects they are studying. How many mitochondria does it take to power a cell? One. Because mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Not ready for prime time, that one.
I see a broken shell and I remind myself that something might have needed setting free. See, broken things always have a story, don't they?
Patriarchy, reformed or unreformed, is patriarchy still: its worst abuses purged or foresworn, it might actually be more stable and secure than before.
You spoke to Nicodemus?' Vivian asked. [Francesca] 'We did.' V: 'And he trusts you?' F: 'As much as one might after a first impression involving hatchets.
After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it.
And Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book.
Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone's heart.
