Al Abdullah San Diego Quotes & Sayings

With few exceptions the pietists are assigned a minor role in the creation of the Arab Empire. — Bernard Lewis

So Republican candidates bash Obamacare and move up in the polls. Given that public opinion remains firmly against the health care law - as it has been for years - that's not a shock. Democratic beliefs to the contrary are probably wishful thinking. — Byron York

You let go of my hand
to hold on to my heart
Distance grasps us tight
now that we are apart — Munia Khan

We choose our favourite author as we do our friend, from a conformity of humour and disposition. Mirth or passion, sentiment or reflection; whichever of these most predominates in our temper, it gives us a peculiar sympathy with the writer who resembles us. — David Hume

We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible — Indira Gandhi

Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say no. I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible. — Aleister Crowley

There are indeed all sorts of men/ who visit here: those who want/ nothing but to talk or hear the soft tones/ of a woman's voice; others prefer/ simply to gaze upon me, my face/ turned from them as they touch/ only themselves. And then there are those,/ of course, whose desires I cannot commit/ to paper. — Natasha Trethewey

During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals. — Brandon Jennings

I meditated upon it and found myself to be a riddle — Hermann Hesse

But to Fitz she'd always be invisible. An impossible task of face and body for which he had yet to conquer. And should he somehow manage to crack her open like rotten fruit on the vine, he'd only find decay and ugliness, from which she had to assume he'd run. Damaged goods were damaged goods. — L. Donsky-Levine

He let his eyes drift shut and decided in that instant that for the rest of Emily's life, he would be her guardian angel. — Jodi Picoult

I chuckled, but no sound came out. — Keary Taylor

I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room. — Dean Koontz