Dierdre Quotes & Sayings

might almost be over. That's when it happens. There's a rumbling sound that is low at first but begins to build in volume. The tunnel trembles slightly. All the fighting stops immediately; people get to their feet, look around. Mark's doing the same, trying to find the source of the noise. He's still holding Trina's hand. "What is that?" she shouts. Mark shakes his head, keeps sweeping his gaze around the tunnel. The floor vibrates below his feet and the rumbling sound gets louder, becomes an outright roar. His eyes fall upon the stairs that lead up from the subtrans concourse just as the screams erupt - countless, countless screams and the blur of panicked movement in the crowd. A monstrous wall of filthy water is pouring down the wide steps. — James Dashner

I opened the window and my heart. The sun flooded the room and love inundated my soul. — Paulo Coelho

Over the years, I've learned that a confident person doesn't concentrate or focus on their weaknesses - they maximize their strengths. — Joyce Meyer

I've gone crazy and now so have my imaginary friends. — C.S. Johnson

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin. — George Herbert

Strength without compassion is soulless and cruel. Weakness, too, has its place, for it brings understanding. — Isobelle Carmody

Since Courbet, it's been believed that painting is addressed to the retina. That was everyone's error. The retinal shudder! Before, painting had other functions: it could be religious, philosophical, moral ... our whole century is completely retinal, except for the Surrealists, who tried to go outside it somewhat. — Marcel Duchamp

The Bible says we are to be salt and light. And salt and light means not just in the church and not just as a teacher or as a pastor or a banker or a lawyer, but in government and we have to have elected officials in government and we have to have the faithful in government and over time, that lie we have been told, the separation of church and state, people have internalized, thinking that they needed to avoid politics and that is so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers. — Katherine Harris

May the World Day of Consecrated Life be a timely occasion to rediscover the centrality of Jesus in our lives. — Pope Francis

No person of quality ever remembers social restrictions save when considering how most piquantly to break them. — James Branch Cabell

APPENDIX 1 DICKENS AND CRUIKSHANK — Charles Dickens

It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens. — Confucius

Dierdre the counselor must not have had much of a life, because she scheduled our next appointment on a Sunday. I wasn't so thrilled about it, seeing as it wasn't just my day off-it was also the day my friends had off. Orders were orders, however, so I grudgingly showed up. — Richelle Mead

Maybe he's not college-smart, but he's smart in a way they can't teach. — Lisa Kleypas