Conocieron Quotes & Sayings

I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit. — Kevin Barry

Sometimes you say things to your fear - things like It doesn't matter, the words acting like pats on the head of a hyper dog. — Rick Yancey

Paul's story is good news for those of us who are tempted to put our trust in ourselves, in our own ability to work hard enough to merit God's favor. Grace is so surprising! It's surprising because while it may seem likely that a prostitute would recognize her need for rescue, the homeschooling, bread-baking, devotion-reading mom who attends her local church faithfully (while trusting in her own goodness) will choke on the humiliating message of gospel rescue. Rescue? Why would she need rescuing? — Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

It is the first experience you ever had of reading a decent poem: 'Oh, somebody else is lonely, too! — Mary Ruefle

First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business. — John Frankenheimer

As a child, we visited the San Juan Islands during the summer. Kayaking, big family meals, playing on the beach - great memories! — Zoe McLellan

I should have loved,' Hal said after a very long silence. Neville's eyes filled with tears. ' Aye. You Should have loved. — Sara Douglass

So long as they obeyed His word, and worked in connection with Him, they could not fail. Go to all nations, He bade them. — Anonymous

Even before people knew us as Tegan and Sara, we were stared at and studied. We've been different our whole lives. It started with being twins and then being gay and then being musicians, so we've had 32 years of dealing with being fringe people. — Tegan Quin