Beckeln Quotes & Sayings

Writers transform: they throw a hand grenade into the notion of reality that people carry around in their heads. That's very dangerous, very destructive, but not to do it means you are satisfied with the status quo - and that's a kind of danger as well, because a kind of violence is already being perpetuated. — John Edgar Wideman

...no matter how damaged or lost you think you are you can find your way back. Keep believing and you will be granted favor to find that which is lost. No one is ever too gone or too lost. Ever... — Joey Renee

When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable. — Thomas Merton

A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don't get to choose our own hearts. We can't make ourselves want what's good for us or what's good for other people. We don't get to choose the people we are. — Donna Tartt

The truth is that God can do anything He pleases through an ordinary person who is fully dedicated to Him. — Henry T. Blackaby

In the '70s it was skateboards, in the '80s it was drugs, in the '90s it was art, and now it's my family. — Anthony

We are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large. — Pope Leo XIII

We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future. — Nelson Mandela

each individual reasoner is really good at one thing: finding evidence to support the position he or she already holds, usually for intuitive reasons. — Jonathan Haidt

It's so much easier when you've got guys on base and the whole offense is clicking. — Travis Hafner

I think places that need the rubber duck the most are the ones in distress. — Florentijn Hofman

As with any detailed eyewitness testimonies after so many years, Eichmann's various accounts differ from one another and are not free of puzzling contradictions with other evidence.

-- The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942 (University of Nebraska Press and Yad Vashem, 2004), page 363. — Christopher R. Browning