Forwillr Quotes & Sayings

A god who brings you good and bad in equal amounts doesn't ask for much, " she said. "Maybe a prayer or two. Maybe the odd sacrifice of a beast. But a god who promises only good times?" She shook her head and made the warding sign against evil. "A god like that will always want something from you. — John Flanagan

Every living thing is, from the cosmic perspective, incredibly lucky simply to be alive. Most, 90 percent and more, of all the organisms that have ever lived have died without viable offspring, but not a single one of your ancestors, going back to the dawn of life on Earth, suffered that normal misfortune. You spring from an unbroken line of winners ... — Daniel Dennett

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world. — Mandy Patinkin

Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent. — C. A. Bartol

He winked at me over her head, causing my bra to try and unclasp itself in sweet surrender. — Tracy Brogan

To this day, I find it hard to gaze directly at people like Hassan, people who mean every word they say. — Khaled Hosseini

God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end. — David Hume

Just being near the water makes me ache for it, makes my skin tingle with the desire to run until I am chest-deep and the water wraps around my skin like a satin ribbon, making the worries, the aches, the stress unwind. Sometimes, I wonder if this is how a recovering alcoholic would feel if someone put a beer in her hand. If her body would wage war against her mind as mine does. — Mandy Hubbard

Sometimes the path we must walk is long and must be traveled alone. Even when others are by our side, there is no one with us. — L.J. Baker

This is fucking Washington! Who the hell has a below ground swimming pool? It rained 256 days of the year, for Pete's sake! On the off chance I found the blasted owners of it, I was going to put a bullet in their heads right then. — Eloise J. Knapp

But a woman couldn't stop her thoughts until she had them, now could she? — Mary Connealy

Motherhood rarely allows for solitude, yet it begets its own kind of isolation: from one's past, from one's youth, from the women we once thought we were and would become. — Hannah Nordhaus

Each and every Notary Public plays a crucial role in combating identity theft. They serve as our front line of defense and the public is safer because of the job they do. — Ken Salazar

When it came to the dark fuckery of the human heart, there seemed to be no limit. — Stephen King

Did you ever think how conceited those Oriental rug weavers are, to believe they have to try and make a mistake so as not to compete with God? Like they would have done it perfectly otherwise, if they hadn't forced themselves to mess it up? — Anne Tyler