Coleccionista Quotes & Sayings

Charles Portis shows his mastery of place and the more complicated subtleties of time. — Donna Tartt

I didn't like being a leader. I always had to appear confident for the sake of the others, even when I wasn't. — Rick Riordan

When you meet a man or woman who puts Jesus Christ first, knit that one to your soul. — Oswald Chambers

EVERYONE THOUGHT QUINN was watching Meet the Press with Grandma, even Grandma. Lying on the sofa, covered with an afghan, Quinn had simply rolled off and stuffed pillows under the covers while Grandma stared at the screen. Then she had sidled upstairs, out her bedroom window, and down the oak tree growing right by the house. — Luanne Rice

When you're out grocery shopping for your family, maybe you can put a can of cat or dog food in your cart and bring it to an animal relief center. — Rachael Ray

What a pity Bilbo did not stab the vile creature, when he had a chance!
Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need.
I do not feel any pity for Gollum. He deserves death. Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. — J.R.R. Tolkien

It was hard to believe that someone so beautiful could be real. I was afraid that he might disappear in a sudden puff of smoke, and I would wake up. — Stephenie Meyer

It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and that has as much to do with your body as it does with vocabulary and grammar. — Fred Frith

The average household might prepare for root canal, traffic accident, unemployment or illness, but how the household will meet, manage and even survive violent crime is the most neglected area of household management. — John Longenecker

The wounds were not on the surface, nor detectable by stethoscope. — Eric Lomax

Believing isn't a choice ... belief is an involuntary response to something you've learned or experienced. — Neil Carter

Atheism is a theoretical formulation of the discouraged life ... — Harry Emerson Fosdick

Because sometimes love just needs a witness ... Somebody to testify. Sometimes love just needed somebody to step forward and say, Here I am, Spirit. Send me. — Pearl Cleage

The US has attacked countries like Grenada, Panama, Libya ... the list of victims of US terrorism is almost infinite. And the US government's participation in torture, whether in El Salvador, Guatemala, Chile ... is well-documented and widely known. — Assata Shakur

In Italy, where I live now, I have put some distance between myself and the world that has formed me. — Jhumpa Lahiri