Bennette Kwong Quotes & Sayings

It's almost as frustrating as Galen's game of hot and cold. Thing is, I'm not sure it's a game. From his expression, there's out-and-out war going on behind the scenes. He leans in, pulls away. Leans in, pulls away. It's like a battle between good and evil. I'm just not sure which one he thinks kissing me is.
Probably evil.
Which is pathetic. For the next twenty-four hours, I'm going to be stuck in a hotel room, unsupervised, with a guy who's trying his hardest not to kiss me. Lovely. — Anna Banks

Gifts are given by God and empowered by God to glorify God. — Gloria Furman

Cities have distinct personalities. It's a matter of knowing it. — Anne Rice

I consciously try not to play favorites with my characters or my books. — Tina St. John

With us, it's a very specific audience. If you like steak, this is it for you. — Jerry Only

Only ninnies go to Penny's. — Libba Bray

That'd be walking into dangerous territory," he says, getting up from the sofa. "Luke is not a morning person. — Jessica Sorensen

Let things taste of what they are. — Alice Waters

I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are. — Patrick Rothfuss

The Divine has loved me as mother, as father, and as friend, behind all friends. I searched for that one Friend behind all friends, that one lover whom I now see glimmering in all your faces. And that friend never fails me. — Paramahansa Yogananda

A bending staff I would not break,
A feeble faith I would not shake,
Nor even rashly pluck away
The error which some truth may stay,
Whose loss might leave the soul without
A shield against the shafts of doubt. — John Greenleaf Whittier

Art is human. Error is human. Art is error. — David Bayles

Some say "God helps those who help themselves," but the Bible says the exact opposite: God helps the helpless. God helps those who, left to themselves, would die in their sins. He even helps those who hate him and who, by nature, continually oppose him. He does this because he is not like us. By nature, he is "merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness" (Exodus 34:6). — Casey Lute

The child to be concerned about is the one who is actively unhappy, [in school] ... In the long run, a child's emotional development has a far greater impact on his life than his school performance or the curriculum's richness, so it is wise to do everything possible to change a situation in which a child is suffering excessively. — Dorothy H Cohen