Christianity And Monica Quotes & Sayings

When you're doing a play and you're afraid of a scene, that's the scene you should embrace, because that's the scene that will tell you something about the play. — Raul Esparza

When your head is firmly in the sand, another part of your anatomy is fully exposed. — Don Feder

There was nothing terrible about them. They had no particular power over me. No more than anyone else. It had never been them. It had always been me. This realization was like a word I had to be taught every time I heard it. The definition never seemed to sink in. They were just ordinary people. [ ... ] It used to matter so much. It used to seem like such a struggle to not turn into my father. But now, sitting here, it seemed impossible that that could've ever happened. I had wasted so much time on this. I kept finding out that the monster I'd been fighting was only me. — Maggie Stiefvater

Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing. — Joy Browne

If the young cannot harbor great dreams in their souls, who can? — Eiji Yoshikawa

Give up pride for good during the holidays. This is where I've been especially stubborn. As I walk more and more in this path of Christianity, I see that letting my guard down and admitting that I don't want to be alone is far better than dealing with me, myself and I, who always seem to want to keep up appearances. — Monica Johnson

Shukhov ate his supper without bread
a double portion and bread on top of it would be too rich. So he'd save the bread. You get no thanks from your belly
it always forgets what you've just done for it and comes begging again the next day. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

When the riot controls had been put into effect, and a nervous white population was waiting, it took little to set it off. In Wichita, a few white youths drove down into the black area and simply fired off guns. This brought black people out of their houses; in rage at seeing the harassment, they hurled stones or sticks at a passing car, and the battle was on. In that particular instance the police arrested the five whites who were armed and twelve young black men who had only rocks and sticks. All were jailed. The next morning, all were released on bail, but the bail set for the five armed whites was only one-fifth the amount set for the twelve unarmed black students. — John Howard Griffin

My ideal is to wake up in the morning and run around the meadow naked. — Daryl Hannah

We could go back to the time when we first met: a man in emotional tatters over someone who had left him, and a woman madly in love with her neighbor. I could repeat what I said to you once: 'I'm going to fight to the bitter end.' Well, I fought and I lost, and now I'll just have to lick my wounds and leave. — Paulo Coelho

You can't type what a lesbian is. We're anything and everything. The one thing in common is that we make love to other women. So give up trying to limit us. — Amanda Bearse

California, more than any other part of the Union, is a country by itself, and San Francisco a capital. — James Bryce

Love, Allie concluded, wasn't blind, it simply saw alternate dimensions. — Neal Shusterman

Real Christianity is based upon God's word given to us through the scriptures, and His word is final. — Monica Johnson

The modern video games kind of - they're too three dimensional. — Dan Auerbach

As Grams treaded water, she tapped my forehead. 'What's in here, Poppy, is scarier than anything you'll encounter in the depths of the ocean. An imagination is a powerful thing. — Shelley Coriell

When I wake up every morning, I think to myself, Today my life will begin in earnest. — Gaito Gazdanov