Beregond Quotes & Sayings

This morning, you have a choice. You can lay in the dark replaying the awful events of the week, or you can turn the light on and read God's Word-His truth-which is the best thing to do when lies are swarming and painful thoughts are attacking like a bunch of bloodthirsty mosquitoes. — Lysa TerKeurst

(Jack London)"He was an adventurer and a man of action as few writers have ever been . . . the excellence of his short stories has been almost forgotten. — George Orwell

The astonishing thing is that some people are good, and that many others try to be. — Katherine Boo

I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is. — Carine Roitfeld

What is it about a baby bump that makes people feel it's okay to say things like, 'God! You are big!' — Megyn Kelly

Don't be surprised by your greatness. Be surprised that no one expected it. — Rebecca Maizel

Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet also less incalculable and remote: one of the Kings of Men born into a later time, but touched with the wisdom and sadness of the Eldar Race. He knew now why Beregond spoke his name with love. He was a captain that men would follow, that he would follow, even under the shadow of the black wings. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Is the American tradition of self-reliance disappearing? That's a painful question for conservatives to ponder. After all, we're dedicated to reducing the role of government and promoting individual freedom and opportunity. But the facts, while sad, are clear: More Americans today depend more heavily on government than ever before. — Edwin Feulner

Oh, dear God!" Janice bellowed and looked as though her neck was made of rubber as her head wobbled back and forth. Lou set the book back on the credenza as Janice stormed out. "Ashton, I'm sorry you had to witness that. As you well know, Mom has never been a pleasant woman. Since coming to live here, she's been a nightmare on two legs. I've had her head examined, and there's no tumor or disease to explain her behavior. The neurologist and our family doctor have simply diagnosed her as a chronic jackass. — Robin Alexander

When you get down to it, unschooling is really just a fancy term for 'life' or 'growing up uninstitutionalized'. — Grace Llewellyn

When adults became defiant in public, no amount of evidence, however irrefutable, would make them change their minds. — Orson Scott Card

If it was your fault, then you weren't powerless
you weren't at the mercy of stuff just happening."
"Your always going to be at thee mercy of stuff just happening, no matter what. — Ann Packer

I have a specific set of, I have a specific sort of negative energies to deal with that might be specific to me, but it definitely something that all artists have to deal with at one point or another. But I think for me, it's just maybe more specific. — Sean Lennon

Even the illusion of June is enough to send a stabbing pain through my chest. Hell. I miss her so much. — Marie Lu

Neo-Darwinians do cite some examples of evolution they claim the NDT explains. Natural selection can indeed account for the replacement of light-colored moths with dark ones when the lichens get covered with soot. But no one has shown that the difference between the two kinds of moths arose by a random mutation. The key point of randomness is not tested by those data. — Lee Spetner

I'm a big romantic, traditional, cheesy guy. — Josh Hutcherson