Life Quotes

Romanian? That's impressive," said Jace. "Not many people speak it." "Do you?" Sebastian asked with interest. "Not really," Jace said with a smile so disarming Simon knew he was lying. "My Romanian is pretty much limited to useful phrases like, 'Are ...

Paul Auster

I'm glad you think this is funny." "You're happy to see me, then?" Jace asked. "I have to say, I'm surprised. I've always been told my presence brightened up any room. One might think that went doubly for dank underground cells.

Paul Auster

And the Clave wants to meet Clarissa. You know that, Jace." "The Clave can screw itself." "Jace," Maryse said, sounding genuinely parental for a change. "Language." "The Clave wants a lot of things," Jace amended. "It shouldn't necessarily get them a...

Paul Auster

Despite everything, I can’t bear the thought of this ring being lost forever, any more than I can bear the thought of leaving you forever. And though I have no choice about the one, at least I can choose about the other.

Paul Auster

No one could be that annoying without some kind of supernatural assistance.

Paul Auster

Jesus is the starving, the parched, the prisoner, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the dying. Jesus is the oppressed, the poor. To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. To live with the poor is to live with Jesus.

Jean Vanier

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our final day (attributed to Matthew Henry)

Francis Chan

The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people and not worry about how they deal with you.

Robert A. Heinlein

Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none; men cannot live together without them. From an anthropologist's view, 'justice' is a search for workable customs.

Robert A. Heinlein

Whatever the Clave was discussing, the Council meeting was dragging on brutally late. “But he knows New York. He doesn’t know Alicante—

Paul Auster

Many of our leadership practices have gone from being tried and true to being tired and tarnished.

Mark Miller

When you don’t have time to do your job, that’s a good indication you’re playing the wrong game.

Mark Miller

One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true.

Paul Auster

There are some kinds of wounds you can get, internal injuries. You don't know what's wrong with you, but you're bleeding to death slowly inside.

Paul Auster

Each poem holds the voice of a moment. Held within, they are contained, damned to silence; released, they fly into the world to find a new heart and a new home within, where they will speak again.

Life

You couldnt erase everything that caused you pain with recollection.Every memory was valuable; even the bad ones

Paul Auster

The great writings interact with one another. They cannot be read in isolation..

Richard J. Foster

He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner.

Augustine of Hippo

To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion

Richard J. Foster

If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you." "Who's Magnus?" Max inquired. "He's a warlock," said Alec. "A sexy, sexy warlock," Isabelle told Max, ignoring Alec's look of total fury. "But warlocks are bad," protested Ma...

Paul Auster

The mind will always take on an order conforming to that upon which it concentrates.

Richard J. Foster