Amorta Quotes & Sayings

Why are the people all so unhappy?" he asked Mister Wolf. "They have a stern and demanding God," Wolf replied. "Which God is that?" Garion asked. "Money," Wolf said. — David Eddings

But today when people talk about the history of Hopkins's relationship with the black community, the story many of them hold up as the worst offense is that of Henrietta Lacks - a black woman whose body, they say, was exploited by white scientists. — Rebecca Skloot

There was genuine regret in his face as he showed her that trifling attention. He was a vagabond and a cheat; he had lived a mean, shuffling, degraded life, but he was human; and she had found her way to the lost sympathies in him which not even the self-profanation of a swindler's existence could wholly destroy. "Damn — Wilkie Collins

Tchotchka. Amorta. Heart of my heart. Speak to me. — Audrey Niffenegger

One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure. — Harriet Van Horne

My younger brother will remember that he received a transistor radio for Christmas. I took it apart and it never worked again. — Stephen Elop

I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God. — Keith Miller

When your chips are down remember they are in God's hands. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Mom said we should all live near the Pacific Ocean at least once in our lives, so we kept going all the way to San Francisco. — Jeannette Walls

Interstate highways dull the reality of place and distance almost as effectively as jetliners do: I loathe their scary monotony. — Jonathan Raban

The more studies that come out that talk about concussions and so forth, it makes me wonder. I wonder, more importantly than the stroke, the impact that concussions have had on my life, particularly as I get older. — Steve Largent

Love is a publicity stunt, and making love, after the first curious raptures, is only another petulant way to pass the time waiting for the studio to call. — Louise Brooks

Some lies are easier to believe than the truth. — Frank Herbert

We are all rocks fallen away from the same great mountain, sometimes finding our way back home by grace. There's no use in throwing stones because, no matter what shape they may take, even they are just another piece of us. — Cristen Rodgers