Deckelmans Lubbock Quotes & Sayings

I make an idol of my moral consciousness. My pursuit of the good is corrupted by the sin of idolatry. — Susan Sontag

You gonna fight me, faggot?" Ty looked him up and down, then glanced at the men behind him. He shook his head. "Not until you make it a fair fight. Go get more friends. I'll wait. — Abigail Roux

Well, that's the important thing, isn't it, Mma? To feel happiness, and then to remember it. — Alexander McCall Smith

I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own. — Cat Power

Sweet potatoes are ideal for lazy days: just bake, then mash and mix with yogurt, butter or olive oil. — Yotam Ottolenghi

I get irritated when I hear preachers say, "Come to Jesus and all your problems will be over." That's just simply a lie. — R.C. Sproul

The best advice I can give a young aspiring singer is not to become an old aspiring singer. — Renata Scotto

I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because they've heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting. — Sean Parker

What do you think, Vivian? Am I ruining lives tonight?"
"You mean, besides ours? — Sarah Cross

Maybe love is like
a monsoon rain.
When it rains
really hard and heavy,
it seems like
it will never end
and we'll swim in mud
forever.
But then the wind shifts
and the earth grows
dry and cracked.
Every gurgle and ooze
tiptoes away
and we're left wishing
and waiting
for rain again.
Maybe love is like that.
Maybe the wind shifts
and love just tiptoes away. — Ann E. Burg

We find and understand the beauty of life through education. — Debasish Mridha

I don't Twitter or blog. I'm bad at small talk, and don't have good 'chat'. Talk to me about publishing, and I can go on for hours. — Andrew Wylie

Arben was large. Strong. Armed. And these, his strengths, were his greatest weaknesses.
Brute force and the ability to control others through fear and intimidation made men lazy. Overconfident. Slow.
She would never be as fast as a bullet, but in close contact, would always be faster than the hand that drew the gun. Speed was life. Speed was survival. Speed born from the will to live, from the necessity of staying one move ahead, speed carved into her psyche one sadistic knife slice after another. That which hadn't killed her had made her faster. — Taylor Stevens

There was a curious affinity between man and dog. Both were untamed, both were creatures born and bred to fight, honed and tempered fine by hot winds and long desert stretches, untrusting, dangerous, yet good companions in a hard land. — Louis L'Amour