Alcoholics Anonymous Powerlessness Quotes & Sayings

He lifted the book from the purse. The cover sported a painting of a stunning redhead in a long, pink gown who stared out the window over rolling green hills. The cover was slightly narrower than the rest of the book, and from underneath peeked out what looked to be a second cover. He turned the page and was startled at what he saw. Another full-color painting, but this one of a shirtless man smashing the heavily bosomed redhead onto a red couch. Her clothes were torn and their torsos met violently. The man's face was savage; the woman's head thrown back in surrender.
Sam flicked back and forth between the image of the prim, composed woman on the front cover and her ribald, passionate abandon on the inside cover.
He glanced out the window to see Ally emerge onto the street below, her head held high and her gait tight and focused as she marched away, prim and composed.
He flipped to the inside cover.
Hot damn. — Diana Holquist

Afterwards, when it's all over, you meet God. What do you say to God? — Yann Martel

It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. — John Dryden

Formative assessments nurture hope and say to students, 'You might not get this yet, but you will. Here is something else you can try that might help you understand and improve.' Formative assessment empowers teachers and students because it gives them specific information about individual performance. When teachers share the information with students, students have a concrete way to improve. — Cris Tovani

Because it is a very elegant feeling to wake up in the morning and go down to your neighborhood polling place and come away feeling proud of the way you voted. — Hunter S. Thompson

If you're able to stand in the morning, my sweet girl, I'll consider it a personal failing. — M.Q. Barber

Some people stay longer in an hour than others do in a month. — William Dean Howells

They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer. — Donald Rumsfeld

We all have to take responsibility for what we say and do. — Terry Hayes

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple. — Edward De Bono

Everyone thrives most in his or her own unique environment. — Marilu Henner

I'm from an island, so I've always been near the water. I don't think I could live somewhere far from the sea. — Sigrid Agren

They decided that all liars should be whipped.
And a man came along and told them the truth.
And they hanged him. — Thomas William Hodgson Crosland