Divino Afflante Quotes & Sayings

The love of God is the first love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I can't really act the way I want to act, or say what I want to say all the time. And a lot of times, I cover that up with a smile. — Hilary Duff

Thousands of people know my flannel knickers, and though I know this may seem flirtatious, it is not. I am a saint. — Leonora Carrington

Try to improve. Don't expect too much, but don't feel discouraged either; keep up your enthusiasm; you will make progress. — Dalai Lama

Then very slowly I go to slightly lighter colors until little by little, the forms begin to take shape and I start to see what is happening. Since I never plan in advance, I simply let myself be led by instinct, taste and intuition. And it is in this manner that I find myself creating visions that I have never before imagined. And little by little certain color effects develop that excite me and I find the painting itself leading me on and I become only an instrument of a greater, wiser force ... or being ... or intelligence than I myself am. — Eyvind Earle

On the table there, polished now and plain, an ugly case would stand containing butterflies and moths, and another one with bird's eggs wrapped in cotton wool. "Not all this junk in here," I would say, "take them to the schoolroom darlings," and they would run off, shouting, calling to one another, but the little one staying behind, pottering on his own, quieter than the others — Daphne Du Maurier

I really like him. I can't help it. And no matter how hard i try to pretend otherwise, it doesn't make it any less true. — Alyson Noel