Droberen Quotes & Sayings

Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different? — Tamora Pierce

Every one of our sinful actions has a suicidal power on the faculties that put that action forth. When you sin with the mind, that sin shrivels the rationality. When you sin with the heart or the emotions, that sin shrivels the emotions. When you sin with the will, that sin destroys and dissolves your willpower and your self-control. Sin is the suicidal action of the self against itself. Sin destroys freedom because sin is an enslaving power. — Timothy Keller

It didn't take long to write up our reports, since they mostly consisted of variations on "Rapunzel confirmed downtown, field team dispatched to resolve the incursion; incursion resolved when Agent Winters shouted at it until it agreed to go away. Resolution mechanism not recommended for future incursions." Demi's was even shorter: "Barely made it out of the car. — Seanan McGuire

You! she said, stepping forward with a vehement expression and her finger pointed. Heart pounding, I pressed into Al. Funny how he seemed so much safer now. (Newt, Rachel and Al) — Kim Harrison

The lesson taught us by these kindly commentators on my present experience is that dogmatic faith compels the best minds and hearts to narrowness and insolence. — Harriet Martineau

A good gardener looks at every plant every day. — Alan Chadwick

Brave people don't live forever, but cautious people don't live at all. — Richard Branson

Suffering is sent to remind us to turn our thoughts towards God, who will give us solace. — Radhanath Swami

The world to me was a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own. — Mary Shelley

Figures must be adjusted downwards to take account of the cost of living, which has risen by a factor of nearly seven in my lifetime. — Niall Ferguson