Fathermichael Quotes & Sayings

For him words took away the beauty of what he saw. — Leo Tolstoy

What is love without passion? - A garden without flowers, a hat without feathers, tobogganing without snow. — Lady Randolph Churchill

I've never had body issues, I've never had an eating disorder. I've never had to go on a diet and that's because of Weight Watchers. — Ginnifer Goodwin

Time management is only a set of skills and tools to help us more efficiently control the eventsour our lives. — Hyrum W. Smith

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands self-expression . — Thurgood Marshall

A memory: Isola as a toddler, sugarlump teeth, skin still smelling of milk. Hair that curled without use of an iron and sweet dresses that didn't matter were dirtied. When she was old enough, she demanded the usual suspects at bedtime: The Little Mermaid, Hansel and Gretel, Beauty and the Beast.
Even then, Mother's contempt for non-Pardieu fairytales was obvious.
'Hmph,' she snorted derisively, folding up her knees to perch on Isola's bed. 'Listen to me, Isola. The original Beauty's just an encouragement to young women to accept arranged marriages. What it's really saying to impressionable girls is, "Don't worry if your new husband is decades older than you, or ugly, or horrid. If you're sweet and obedient enough, you might just discover he's a prince in disguise!'

Mother's Most Lasting Advice
'Never be that girl, Isola. Never pick the beast or the wolf on the off-chance he won't devour you. — Allyse Near

Draw a breath,
a deep breath,
now hold it, my friends,
hold it long
for the world
the world drowns. — Steven Erikson

Vampires inspire screams, not squees. — Kevin Hearne

My ideas come when I least expect it, so I've always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere. — Akon

There will always be dark characters, but her life is good; it is as she wishes it to be. — John O'Brien

I learned nothing while I was in school. — Lorraine Bracco

Meditation opens the doors of your inner treasures, what Jesus calls the kingdom of god. Meditation is only a key, and keys are always small things, but they can unlock immense treasures. Everybody is born as a prince or a princess, but gets lost in the blind crowd of beggars. — Rajneesh

You will never go wrong in concluding that a man has once loved deeply whatever he hates, and loves it yet; that he once admired and still admires what he scorns, that he once greedily desired what now disgusts him. — Georg Groddeck

FatherMichael: OK we should get on with this; I don't want to be late for
my 2 o'clock. First I have to ask, is there anyone in here
who thinks there is any reason why these two should not
be married?
LonelyLady: Yes.
SureOne: I could give more than one reason.
Buttercup: Hell yes.
SoOverHim: DON'T DO IT!
FatherMichael: Well I'm afraid this has put me in a very tricky predicament.
Divorced_1: Father we are in a divorced chat room, of course they all
object to marriage. Can we get on with it? — Cecelia Ahern

I think you always feel braver in another language. — Anita Brookner

Children who use the Internet are much better informed than when I was young. Use this to your advantage. — Miep Gies