Abandonato Quotes & Sayings

With the increase of missionary work throughout the world, there must be a comparable increase in the effort to make every convert feel at home in his or her ward or branch ... I invite every member to reach out in friendship and love for those who come into the Church as converts. — Gordon B. Hinckley

There were things, your own acts, from which you could never recover. Something was killed in your breast: burnt out, cauterized out. — George Orwell

In the end ... he would choose Campisi.
In the end ... she would choose Abandonato.
In the end ... there would be bloodshed. — Rachel Van Dyken

Sardonic, seriocomic saga of the plight of India's poor. — Aravind Adiga

I'm very militant, you know, in a quite way. — Christopher Isherwood

Jedediah pulled out his pocketknife, reached over her, and snipped the rose to place in her hair. "Looks better there." In the moonlight, he wasn't sure if she blushed or not. Her eyes seemed all soft and glowing, her lips the color of the pink rose, slightly parted and tempting him. Before he knew what he was doing, his arms had circled her in a swift embrace. Heat filled his face, and his heart pounded so hard he was sure Patience could hear it. Would she let him kiss her? But she was already pulling away, visibly shaken. Her fingers touched her hair, patting it into place, and her eyes, large with surprise, looked into his, then quickly away. "I . . . Jed . . . I think we'd better go back inside and join the party." "I'm - I'm truly sorry, Patience. I don't know . . . I'm not sure what came over me just now. It must be the moonlight and the roses." And you, he said only to himself. — Maggie Brendan

War will never yield but to the principles of universal justice and love, and these have no sure root but in the religion of Jesus Christ. — William Ellery Channing

Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter. — Salvador De Madariaga

As burns this saint, so burns my soul. I enter alive, and I will have to get out dead. — Rachel Van Dyken

Don't think about the past. Just be here now. — Ram Dass

The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe. — Deepak Chopra

Reading was credited not only with improving morale but easing adjustment and averting the onset of psychoneurotic breakdowns. According to one article: "When we read fiction or drama, we perceive in accordance with our needs, goals, defenses, and values," and a reader will "introject meaning that will satisfy his needs and reject meaning that is threatening to his ego. — Molly Guptill Manning

I think many writers really believe that being published is a traumatic experience. — Lynne Tillman