Difrisco Obituary Quotes & Sayings

Here is something I learned in 1922: there are always worse things waiting. You think you have seen the most terrible thing, the one that coalesces all your nightmares into a freakish horror that actually exists, and the only consolation is that there can be nothing worse. Even if there is, your mind will snap at the sight of it, and you will know no more. But there is worse, your mind does not snap, and somehow you carry on. You might understand that all the joy has gone ... — Stephen King

I grew up with my mom; it was just the two of us. — Kat Edmonson

Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Scripture As Text: Learning What God Reveals," was an orientation in the personal, revelatory nature of Holy Scripture. All these words are person-to-person - the three-personed God addressing himself personally to us in our full capacity as persons-in-relationship. The Holy Trinity provided a way of understanding the irreducible personal and relational nature of this text, and affirmed that the only reading congruent with what is written is also personal and participatory.
In this chapter, "Scripture As Form: Following the Way of Jesus," I want to observe the way in which these personal words arrive in our lives and connect the Jesus way with the way in which we now live them. I want to attend to the way that the form of Scripture is also the form of our lives. — Eugene H. Peterson

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. — Anonymous

When you feed the big dog, it does whatever you tell him to do. — Shaquille O'Neal

When one is alone, imperfection must be endured every minute of the day; a couple, however, does not have to put up with it. Aren't our eyes made to be torn out, and our hearts for the same purpose? At the same time it's really not that bad; that's an exaggeration and a lie, everything is exaggeration, the only truth is longing. But even the truth of longing is not so much its own truth; it's really an expression for everything else, which is a lie. This sounds crazy and distorted, but it's true. Moreover, perhaps it isn't love when I say you are what I love the most - you are the knife I turn inside myself, this is love. This, my dear, is love. — Franz Kafka

Vietnamese are very similar to the Chinese. They just can't sit on gold bars underneath their beds. Eventually, they will pull out their gold bars and invest. — Pham Nhat Vuong

Time to make herself scarce because, hell, she didn't want to pass that thunderhead on her way out. — Katherine McIntyre

I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed. — Agnetha Faltskog

I made the first move. Now it's up to him."
"Telling him you should hit the sack and get it out of your system is not making the first move. — Mary J. Williams

Between the ages of 30 and 40 was the time when both my spirit and body were young and powerful and I could do anything! — Kansai Yamamoto

One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community. — Sandra Cisneros