Chesca Miles Quotes & Sayings

The hangman is a disgrace to any civilized country. — Arthur Koestler

It is easy to use the phrase 'God's will for my life' as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience ... My hope is that instead of searching for 'God's will for my life' each of us would learn to seek hard after 'the Spirit's leading in my life today.' May we learn to pray for an open and willing heart, to surrender to the Spirit's leading with that friend, child, spouse, circumstance, or decision in our lives right now. — Francis Chan

About women? When I say soldiers I don't mean me. I wasn't no soldier anymore than a man that fixes watches is a watchmaker. And when I say women I don't mean you. — William Faulkner

Makes perfect sense. In a problematic way. But life is problematic, so novels must be too. — Scott Westerfeld

You, Emily. You're worth fighting for. I fought all my life, but never for anything worthwhile. Now... Now I'm fighting for my heart. Bullshit ends here and now. — Nashoda Rose

Our life capital is measured in seconds. Once those seconds are gone, we never get them back! — Ingrid Betancourt

Originality is being different from oneself, not others. — Philip Larkin

Remember the scene in Cat Ballou where a very drunk Lee Marvin goes from unconscious to ranting to triumphant to roaring to weeping defeat, and then finally passes out? One of the men watching him says, with real awe, "I never seen a man get through a day so fast." Don't let this be you. — Anne Lamott