Ciarne Quotes & Sayings

Teddy laughed, heard the sound of it carry off on the sweep of night air and dissolve in the distant surf, as if it had never been, as if the island and the sea and the salt took what you thought you had and ... — Dennis Lehane

Ministers should be the most political of animals because, in contrast to much of what passes as politics in our time, those in the ministry cannot help but be about the formation of a people who can know they need one another to survive. To ask those in the ministry to take seriously your political responsibilities may well entail a radical reorientation of what those in the ministry do. That is particularly true if you believe as I do that we are living at the end of Christendom. Recovering — Stanley Hauerwas

The absence of pain means death, so when something no longer bothers you, you've died to that thing. — Joyce Meyer

Amiable weaknesses of human nature. — Edward Gibbon

Too, if you're a true contemplative, your life and words will overflow with spiritual wisdom, compassion, and fruitful insight, because you're sure to measure out what you say carefully and calmly, eschewing lies and speaking without the shrill pretense of hypocrites. — Anonymous

I'm not honestly a real student of animation. I never was into it all that much. I don't really watch any animated shows. — Steve Dildarian

In Christian engagement, the goal is to win the person
who is of the other worldview - not to destroy the person. — Ravi Zacharias

People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am. — Tony Parsons

When two people in an intimate-couple relationship look at their interactions as opportunities to learn about themselves instead of change each other, they are infusing their relationship with the energy of spiritual partnership. — Gary Zukav

[C]ritics of Canadian securities regulators sometimes point out that a number of high-profile US securities cases have resulted in prison sentences for the offenders, while incarceration for Canadian securities law violators seems very rare...[A]s has often been noted, incarceration is far more frequent in the United States for crimes of all kinds, yet it is not usually suggested that this is proof that the United States is generally a safer place to live than Canada. — Paul Halpern

I can't imagine a passionate affair with a native man — Lena Dunham

Sweet like candy to my soul, sweet you rock, and sweet you roll. — Dave Matthews Band

In the beginning was the myth. — Hermann Hesse

Damn it, why was he wondering about her? Why did he feel this need to know everything about an impertinent, managing, none-too-pretty female? But he did. Oh, he did not want to engage in anything so gauche or peril-fraught as inquiry. He merely wanted a reference - the comprehensive cotex of all things Amelia Claire d'Orsay. A chart of her ancestry back to the Norman invaders. The catalogue listing every book she'd ever read. A topographical map indicating the precise location of every freckle on her skin. — Tessa Dare