Abundant Def Quotes & Sayings

I was
the girl of the chain letter,
the girl full of talk of coffins and keyholes,
the one of the telephone bills,
the wrinkled photo and the lost connections ... — Anne Sexton

The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more. — George MacDonald

Mankind was my business ... charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. — Charles Dickens

We are flawed creatures with explosive feelings that subconsciously aspire to be non-violent sociopaths. — Jayme K.

To put it bluntly and plainly, if Christ is not my Substitute, I still occupy the place of a condemned sinner. If my sins and my guilt are not transferred to Him, if He did not take them upon Himself, then surely they remain with me. If He did not deal with my sins, I must face their consequences. If my penalty was not borne by Him, it still hangs over me. There is no other possibility. — Leon Morris

Everyday in heat, rain or cold, I ran - alone in the woods - in the hills near our home. There I felt the gentle touch of God. I head Him whisper, 'You're stronger now. It's time to tell the truth of what happened. Tell your story to give hope to others. — Nikki Rosen

Many of us may not know too much about our characters, but we tell the reader altogether too much. — Lawrence Block

I used to lie in a lover's arms getting a stiff neck, or needing to scratch my nose, or losing all sensation in my arm, unwilling to move lest the man find out I wasn't comfortable in his embrace...Would Snow White have rested all eight pounds of her head on any part of the prince? I doubt it, and I never did either. Sarah says that is why elderly women have such prominent cords in their necks. — Abigail Thomas

Movies and I just equally avoided each other at certain times in my life, you know? — Summer Phoenix

Allow your inner-child out to play! — Lisa Picard

One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did. — Hillary Clinton

For cripes sake, have you ever heard of 'Ready or not? Here I come'?"

Retro or not, cheesy is cheesy."

Sometimes what you learned from beer commercials comes in real handy. — Raven Hart

When power is the only coin, they said, you have nothing left to sell but your soul. — John C. Wright

Success was one of my weakest points. I was so ill-prepared for it. I never appreciated within myself the gift of success. I never accepted it. People gave me so much momentum and love, and people really got my music, but I didn't accept it. That's probably one of my biggest regrets. — Sophie B. Hawkins