Ciottolina Quotes & Sayings

Honesty is reached through the doorway of grief and loss. — David Whyte

Love is that which doesn't die. — Will Advise

Now she sat on a bench alongside Valerie West, the two of them pretending to be on their lunch. Val was a whiz with data analysis, but nervous in the field. Cooper was watching her shred her napkin, and weighing whether it was worth it to say something, when Luisa touched the other woman's knee, said something off-mic. Valerie nodded, shrugged her shoulders back, and tucked the napkin in her pocket. Good. Normally Cooper would have discouraged a romantic relationship between teammates, but the two often seemed better agents because of it. — Marcus Sakey

Wisdom is knowledge applied. Head knowledge is useless on the battlefield. Knowledge stamped on the heartmmakes one wise — Beth Moore

At the end of the day, when we measure our healthcare, it will not be by the diseases cured, but by the diseases prevented. — Rebecca Onie

Are we, like, having a conversation?"
"Did you just, like, ask me for advice and listen with an open mind? If so, then yes, I would call this a conversation — Karen Marie Moning

We are not hungry ... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough. — Robert Mugabe

Kids would never care about going to school unless your mama and daddy instilled into your head and explained to you that you need this thing to live. — Trick Daddy

Isn't the little child poor, gentle, and pure of heart? Isn't the little child weeping in response to every little pain? Isn't the little child the peacemaker hungry and thirsty for uprightness and the final victim of persecution? And what of Jesus himself, the Word of God who became flesh, dwelt for nine months in Mary's womb, and came into this world as a little child worshipped by shepherds from close by and by wise men from far away? The eternal Son became a child so that I might become a child again and so re-enter with him into the Kingdom of the Father. "In all truth I tell you," Jesus said to Nicodemus, "no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born from above. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die. — Joan Didion

By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway. — Dave Van Ronk