Everymans Bible Commentary Quotes & Sayings

On short stories:
something glimpsed from the corner of the eye, in passing. — V.S. Pritchett

There is so much truth in children and so little self-consciousness. It always strikes me that they are so capable of losing and finding themselves and also losing and finding those things they feel close to. — Carson McCullers

From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home. — Edward P. Jones

Let the winds blow, lad
Let fall the deep snow.
Let the stars fall, lad
We'll answer the call.
Let the dark come, lad
Ask not where it's from.
After the fight, lad
We'll see morning's light — Jennifer A. Nielsen

I got to draw shapes. I really like to draw funky, geometric shapes. And I got to use just different fonts and make a joke of how feminine it was, but it didn't even have people in it. To me, it was so exciting and interesting to do that for a while. — David Rees

I wasn't like 'Oh, I'm going to marry 50 Cent ... ' I mean, seriously. But I did like him. He's very sweet and antithetical to what you'd think of him. — Chelsea Handler

Don't become a prisoner of your own reality, set yourself free by creating a life worth living. — Steven Redhead

Only darkened trails of rain could paint your face upon a pane ... — John Geddes

Jesus didn't say He would ice over the grit of faults and failures either; He said He would use us in spite of the grit and faults and failures. — Bob Goff

It is not, indeed, to be supposed that you would wish to marry any one till you were asked: a girl's affections should never be won unsought. But when they are sought - when the citadel of the heart is fairly besieged - it is apt to surrender sooner than the owner is aware of, and often against her better judgment, and in opposition to all her preconceived ideas of what she could have loved, unless she be extremely careful and discreet. — Anne Bronte

Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me. — Saadi

It's not that acting was something I'd always wanted to do. I had no formal training; I'd never really imagined I'd be an actress. Business was something that had always been in my mind, but when I got into acting, I learned everything on set, and for me at that point, I wanted to excel at what I did. — Preity Zinta

I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world. — Walt Whitman