Desiderando Roberta Quotes & Sayings

But something about his inability to give in, to admit defeat, or to at least acknowledge the incredible power of the technology at Mae's command ... she knew she couldn't give up until she had received some sense of his acquiescence. — Dave Eggers

God shows up powerfully when our worship is sincere and fervent in spite of whatever difficult circumstance we might be experiencing. — James MacDonald

The challenges in our lives are there to STRENGTHEN our CONVICTIONS. They are NOT there to run us over. — Nick Vujicic

Ordinary men, we have seen, are not much interested in any political problems which do not immediately affect themselves. — Aldous Huxley

A feeling for history is almost an essential for writing and appreciating good science fiction, for sensing the connections between the past and future that run through our present. — Pamela Sargent

Don't leave me," I yell as he walks down the path leading to another life.
Turning and glancing at me over his shoulder, his eyes are no longer gleaming their perfect shade of green; they're cloudy, hazy even. "I'm not," he says as he keeps walking. "You left me, beautiful girl. — Kim Karr

In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way. — Shannon Miller

Fight vigorously against the wolves, but on behalf of the sheep, not against the sheep. And this you may do by inveighing against the laws and lawgivers, and yet at the same time observing these laws with the weak, lest they be offended, until they shall themselves recognize the tyranny, and understand their own liberty. — Martin Luther

There is nothing gutsier to me than a person announcing that their story is one that deserves to be told, especially if that person is a woman. — Lena Dunham

Guards! Summon the holy kitty litter! Mr. Scruffy demands poopsies! — Rich Burlew

There is a difference between God as a sense of comfort, and God actually telling you what to do! — Michele Bachmann

I also packed explosives."

-Liz — Ally Carter

Every case involving cybercrime that I've been involved in, I've never found a master criminal sitting somewhere in Russia or Hong Kong or Beijing. It always ends up that somebody at the company did something they weren't supposed to do. They read an email, went to a website they weren't supposed to. — Frank Abagnale

Do we always grind through the present, doomed to throw a gold haze of fond retrospect over the past? — Sylvia Plath

If all these devils really exist it proves there must be angels, too. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe